protagonist

     

The protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. It is not necessarily clear what being this central figure exactly entails. The terms protagonist, main character an hero are variously (and rarely well) defined and depending on the source may denote different concepts.

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  • The Greek for "first combatant" gives us this term for the leading character of a literary work
  • Gary uses this word from the Greek for "First Actor", to describe Chris, the hero of his novel
  • This term for a leading character of a literary work comes from the Greek for "first combatant"

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