Assertion: protagonist's character | /r/HasProperty | the protagonist
Facets:
value: without being evil
type: OTHER
value: in some stories
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: in literature
type: LOCATION
value: in "hamlet,"
type: LOCATION
value: in the hell
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Contrast with Hero Protagonist and Decoy Protagonist (the character who appears at first to be The Protagonist but is not).
text: In some stories, such as The Catcher in the Rye, almost every character other than the protagonist may be an antagonist.
text: This type of indistinctness generally results in completely different interpretations of whether the said character is a protagonist or not.
text: The protagonist should not be confused with another important lead character in a story, the antagonist, who opposes the protagonist.
text: For a character to be considered an antagonist, they only really need to meet one piece of criteria: their goals must conflict with the protagonist
text: However, one also could make the argument that two other characters in the "Star Wars" universe could be considered protagonists: Princess Leia and Han Solo.
text: The main character is often faced with a "foil", a character known as the Antagonist
text: The one character everyone naturally assumes is the Protagonist--Hiccup--actually works as the Antagonist of the main story when seen objectively.
text: the main character (the WHO) is the protagonist.
text: In "Hamlet," the titular character is also the protagonist: he seeks revenge for his father's murder and takes action to find and punish the killer.
text: A "false" protagonist is a technique in which an author introduces a character who seems to be the protagonist but is later revealed to not be.
text: It has a few Sub Tropes, such as Decoy Protagonist, a character who appears to be the protagonist but turns out not to be, Rogue Protagonist, a protagonist becoming the antagonist in a sequel, and Supporting Protagonist.
text: In fiction, a false protagonist is a literary technique, often used to make the plot more jarring or more memorable by defying the audience's preconceptions, whereby a character who the audience assumes is the protagonist is later revealed not to be.
text: If the writing and tone of the tale all imply that the character is the protagonist, and yet they can be lifted right out of the story and have little to no impact on anything that has or will happen: then they're just a little silver ball in the cosmic pinball game of life.
text: Why in the hell is this character the protagonist, the reader might be wondering?
text: The character must be the protagonist, or at the very least one of the primary characters on the protagonist's side.
text: George R.R. Martin is beloved and infamous for killing off main characters in his series A Song of Ice and Fire, and readers are often mislead or confused about which character is the protagonist at any given moment in the epic historical fantasy tale.
text: If we’re not sure which character is the protagonist, how do we go about identifying the protagonist?
text: And in film, we often assume the character played by the most famous actor is the protagonist.
text: Have you ever found yourself wondering which character in a story is the protagonist?
text: In some stories, such as The Catcher in the Rye, almost every character other than the protagonist may be an antagonist.
text: Characters may be antagonists without being evil –
text: Characters may be antagonists without being evil –
text: Though many people equate protagonists with the term hero and possessing heroic qualities, it is not necessary as even villainous characters can be protagonists, examples include Michael Corleone from The Godfather (1972-1990) film series, Tony Montana from Scarface (1983), Light Yagami from the Death Note manga series, Gabriel Belmont from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho (2000), Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars:
text: Classically in literature, characters with good will are usually the protagonists; however, not all characters who assist the protagonist are required to be simple protagonistic.