protagonist

Nor does Saramago establish whether his protagonist is driven by a perverse desire or innocent curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

A24’s sweeps-ploitation drama may deflate the TV host’s ego, but it’s so in love with its protagonist it can’t see he’s the least compelling character in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"There was a lot of cool elements... the fact that Lara was a different protagonist, the first female protagonist of a game that I had ever played," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

It’s a beautiful dream, like the end of an American movie, where the protagonist and his girl drive off into the rest of the world.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Pre-orders of the game - which features the series' first female playable character, Lucia and her partner Jason, as the main protagonists - are already thought to have been worth hundreds of millions.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Since they frequently fail, millennial protagonists suffer from a modern sort of arrested development.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

“In “Heated Rivalry,” the much-buzzed-about gay hockey romance, the protagonists escape to a “Quebec” cottage that is actually in Muskoka.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bestselling author Jessica Knoll’s protagonists mostly follow a specific pattern: They are women who have learned Not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Jane, your films were about sticking it to the man, snapping back at the patriarchy by showing strong female protagonists who didn’t conform to gender roles.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon