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protagonist

[proh-tag-uh-nist] / proʊˈtæg ə nɪst /




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Author Selina Brown, whose book My Rice Is Best was selected for distribution through Imagination Library, noted how the plotline features a black protagonist.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

As for the expansion, Songs of the Past will follow the gruff-voiced protagonist Geralt in an adventure discovering more about the past of his close friend Dandelion.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But the writers don’t paint Macon as a simple villain, or anyone else as a cut-and-dried protagonist.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Like that film, the new one is an interesting if decidedly uneven work about pop-cultural obsession as an outlet for the more personal and tormented explorations of the protagonist.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

As the play’s protagonist concedes, the pupils of Unjust Discourse are the occupants of all the positions of power and eminence in the city.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Taking a novelist’s care with his protagonists, Mr. Aris shows how they developed starkly different personalities from childhood wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Winocour wisely places all of her protagonists in different fields within the same industry, and at different points in their careers.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

The two protagonists, Jason and Lucia, appear at least loosely inspired by the real-life American outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde, who have already been the stuff of movies and TV series.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

If anything, the movie could have used more of her, although it’s better overall that “Leviticus” prioritizes Naim and Ryan as queer protagonists caught in a chilling loop of escape and reunion.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Wilkerson begins the paragraph by stating that the actions of her protagonists are universal, but she does not rest with that generalization.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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