Question

protagonist Macbeth is the ruthlessly ambitious protagonist of Shakespeare's play, but it is his wife who pulls the strings. proʊˈtægənəst

Accepted Answer

The main character in a literary work. Struggle, or conflict, is central to drama. The protagonist or hero of a play, novel, or film is involved in a struggle of some kind, either against someone or something else or even against his or her own emotions. So the hero is the “first struggler,” which is the literal meaning of the Greek word prtagnists. A character who opposes the hero is the antagonist, from a Greek verb that means literally “to struggle against.

word	protagonist
definition	The main character in a literary work.
eg_sentence	Macbeth is the ruthlessly ambitious protagonist of Shakespeare's play, but it is his wife who pulls the strings.
explanation	Struggle, or conflict, is central to drama. The protagonist or hero of a play, novel, or film is involved in a struggle of some kind, either against someone or something else or even against his or her own emotions. So the hero is the “first struggler,” which is the literal meaning of the Greek word prtagnists. A character who opposes the hero is the antagonist, from a Greek verb that means literally “to struggle against.
IPA	proʊˈtægənəst

Protagonist Hero Character Play Struggle Greek Main Literary