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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="بطل الرواية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بطل الرواية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protaqonist" title="Protaqonist – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Protaqonist" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" title="Протагонист – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Протагонист" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efrolulo" title="Ĉefrolulo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉefrolulo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="قهرمان (داستان) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قهرمان (داستان)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagoniste" title="Protagoniste – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Protagoniste" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%B8%EA%B3%B5" title="주인공 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="주인공" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF" title="Պրոտագոնիստ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պրոտագոնիստ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="प्रमुख पात्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="प्रमुख पात्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonisto" title="Protagonisto – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Protagonisto" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonis" title="Protagonis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Protagonis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B0alpers%C3%B3na" title="Aðalpersóna – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Aðalpersóna" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%98%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98" title="פרוטגוניסט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרוטגוניסט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="პროტაგონისტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პროტაგონისტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonistas" title="Protagonistas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Protagonistas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%91szerepl%C5%91" title="Főszereplő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Főszereplő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" title="Протагонист – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Протагонист" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonis" title="Protagonis – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Protagonis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BB%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%AC" title="主人公 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="主人公" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovudperson" title="Hovudperson – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Hovudperson" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0" title="ਮੁੱਖ ਪਾਤਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੁੱਖ ਪਾਤਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Протагониста – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Протагониста" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" title="Протагонист – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Протагонист" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonisti" title="Protagonisti – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Protagonisti" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonista" title="Protagonista – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Protagonista" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Protagonist" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%B5%DB%95%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%86%DA%A9" title="پاڵەوانی چیرۆک – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پاڵەوانی چیرۆک" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Протагониста – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Протагониста" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonisti" title="Protagonisti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Protagonisti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huvudperson" title="Huvudperson – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Huvudperson" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81" title="ตัวเอก – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ตัวเอก" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" title="Протагонист – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Протагонист" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/William_Morris_Hunt_-_Hamlet_-_2000.1231_-_Museum_of_Fine_Arts.jpg/400px-William_Morris_Hunt_-_Hamlet_-_2000.1231_-_Museum_of_Fine_Arts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a>, Prince of Denmark.</i> William Morris Hunt, oil on canvas, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1864</span></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>protagonist</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a> <i> </i><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:πρωταγωνιστής">πρωταγωνιστής</a></span><i> <span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>prōtagōnistḗs</i></span></i> 'one who plays the first part, chief actor')<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the main <a href="/wiki/Character_(arts)" title="Character (arts)">character</a> of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the <a href="/wiki/Plot_(narrative)" title="Plot (narrative)">plot</a>, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a story contains a <a href="/wiki/Subplot" title="Subplot">subplot</a>, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonist</a>. The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a result. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>protagonist</i> comes from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a> <i> </i><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:πρωταγωνιστής">πρωταγωνιστής</a></span><i> (<span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>prōtagōnistḗs</i></span>)</i> 'actor who plays the chief or first part', combined of <span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CF%81%E1%BF%B6%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:πρῶτος">πρῶτος</a></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>prôtos</i></span>, 'first') and <span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀγωνιστής">ἀγωνιστής</a></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>agōnistḗs</i></span>, 'actor, competitor'), which stems from <span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀγών">ἀγών</a></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>agṓn</i></span>, 'contest') via <span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9#Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀγωνίζομαι">ἀγωνίζομαι</a></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek transliteration" lang="grc-Latn"><i>agōnízomai</i></span>, 'I contend for a prize').<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancient_Greece">Ancient Greece</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest known examples of a protagonist are found in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a>. At first, dramatic performances involved merely dancing and recitation by the chorus. Then in <i><a href="/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle)" title="Poetics (Aristotle)">Poetics</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a> describes how a poet named <a href="/wiki/Thespis" title="Thespis">Thespis</a> introduced the idea of one actor stepping out and engaging in a dialogue with the chorus. This was the invention of tragedy, and occurred about 536 B.C.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then the poet <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a>, in his plays, introduced a second actor, inventing the idea of dialogue between two characters. <a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a> then wrote plays that included a third actor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-storey84_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storey84-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A description of the protagonist's origin cited that during the early period of Greek drama, the protagonist served as the author, the director, and the actor and that these roles were only separated and allocated to different individuals later.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a claim that the poet did not assign or create the protagonist as well as other terms for actors such as <i><a href="/wiki/Deuteragonist" title="Deuteragonist">deuteragonist</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Tritagonist" title="Tritagonist">tritagonist</a></i> primarily because he only gave actors their appropriate part.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, these actors were assigned their specific areas at the stage with the protagonist always entering from the middle door or that the dwelling of the deuteragonist (second most important character) should be on the right hand, and the tritagonist (third most important character), the left.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Ancient Greece, the protagonist is distinguished from the term "hero", which was used to refer to a human who became a semi-divine being in the narrative.<sup id="cite_ref-storey84_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storey84-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hero/Heroine"><span id="Hero.2FHeroine"></span>Hero/Heroine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hero/Heroine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In literary terms, a <a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">hero</a> (masculine) or heroine (feminine) protagonist is typically admired for their achievements and noble qualities.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heroes are lauded for their strength, courage, virtuousness, and honor, and are considered to be the "good guys" of the narrative.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples include DC Comics' <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> (hero) and <a href="/wiki/Katniss_Everdeen" title="Katniss Everdeen">Katniss Everdeen</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games" title="The Hunger Games">The Hunger Games</a></i> (heroine). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antihero">Antihero</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antihero"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">Antihero</a></div> <p>An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero) or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality. </p><p>Examples include <a href="/wiki/Holden_Caulfield" title="Holden Caulfield">Holden Caulfield</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye" title="The Catcher in the Rye">The Catcher in the Rye</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_O%27Hara" title="Scarlett O'Hara">Scarlett O'Hara</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel)" title="Gone with the Wind (novel)">Gone With the Wind</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Gatsby" title="Jay Gatsby">Jay Gatsby</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby" title="The Great Gatsby">The Great Gatsby</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_White_(Breaking_Bad)" title="Walter White (Breaking Bad)">Walter White</a> from <a href="/wiki/Breaking_Bad" title="Breaking Bad">Breaking Bad</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tragic_hero">Tragic hero</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tragic hero"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tragic_hero" title="Tragic hero">Tragic hero</a></div> <p>A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy. </p><p>Examples include <a href="/wiki/Oedipus" title="Oedipus">Oedipus</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Oedipus_Rex" title="Oedipus Rex">Oedipus Rex</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Hamlet" title="Prince Hamlet">Prince Hamlet</a> from Shakespeare's <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villain_protagonist">Villain protagonist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Villain protagonist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The protagonist is not always conventionally good.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contrasting the hero protagonist, a villain protagonist is a protagonist who is a <a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">villain</a>, driving the story forward regardless of the evil qualities the main character has. These traits can include being cruel, malicious, and wicked.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples include Humbert Humbert in <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov" title="Vladimir Nabokov">Vladimir Nabokov's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Lolita" title="Lolita">Lolita</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Richard III in the <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard III (play)">eponymous play</a> by <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supporting_protagonist">Supporting protagonist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Supporting protagonist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When a supporting protagonist appears, the story is told from the perspective of a character who appears to be minor. This character may be more peripheral from the events of the story and are not as involved within the "main action" of the plot. The supporting protagonist may be telling the story while viewing another character as the main influence of the plot.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One example is Nick in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby" title="The Great Gatsby">The Great Gatsby</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_examples">Further examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a>' play <i><a href="/wiki/Hippolytus_(play)" title="Hippolytus (play)">Hippolytus</a></i> may be considered to have two protagonists, though one at a time. Phaedra is the protagonist of the first half, who dies partway through the play. Her stepson, the titular Hippolytus, assumes the dominant role in the second half of the play.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Master_Builder" title="The Master Builder">The Master Builder</a></i>, the protagonist is the architect Halvard Solness. The young woman, Hilda Wangel, whose actions lead to the death of Solness, is the antagonist.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Shakespeare's play <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a></i>, Romeo is the protagonist. He is actively in pursuit of his relationship with Juliet, and the audience is invested in that story. Tybalt, as an antagonist, opposes Romeo and attempts to thwart the relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Shakespeare's play <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i>, Prince Hamlet, who seeks revenge for the murder of his father, is the protagonist. The antagonist is the character who most opposes Hamlet, Claudius (though, in many ways, Hamlet is his own antagonist).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometimes, a work will have a <a href="/wiki/False_protagonist" title="False protagonist">false protagonist</a>, who may seem to be the protagonist, but then may disappear unexpectedly. The character Marion in <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>'s film <i><a href="/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)" title="Psycho (1960 film)">Psycho</a></i> (1960) is an example.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A novel may contain a number of narratives, each with its own protagonist. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Solzhenitsyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Solzhenitsyn">Alexander Solzhenitsyn</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="The First Circle">The First Circle</a></i>, for example, depicts a variety of characters imprisoned and living in a <a href="/wiki/Gulag" title="Gulag">gulag</a> camp.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" title="Leo Tolstoy">Leo Tolstoy</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace" title="War and Peace">War and Peace</a></i> depicts fifteen major characters involved in or affected by a war.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though many people equate protagonists with the term hero and possessing heroic qualities, it is not necessary, as even villainous characters can be protagonists. For example <a href="/wiki/Michael_Corleone" title="Michael Corleone">Michael Corleone</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(film_series)" title="The Godfather (film series)">The Godfather</a></i> (1972–1990) film series (1978–1983). </p><p>In some cases, the protagonist is not a human: in <a href="/wiki/Richard_Adams" title="Richard Adams">Richard Adams</a>' novel <i><a href="/wiki/Watership_Down" title="Watership Down">Watership Down</a>,</i> a group of <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphism" title="Anthropomorphism">anthropomorphised</a> rabbits, led by the protagonist Hazel, escape their warren after seeing a vision of its destruction, starting a perilous journey to find a new home.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protagonist&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dprwtagwnisth%2Fs">πρωταγωνιστής</a>, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, <i>A Greek–English Lexicon</i>, on Perseus Digital Library.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/protagonist">"protagonist"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dictionary.com" title="Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>, <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a>. 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