the main character in a work, who may be male or female, heroic or not heroic See hero/heroine, antihero, and antagonist Protagonist is the most neutral term Close Window
The protagonist is the main character of the story who plays the central role and has the longest speaking part In the short story "Young Goodman Brown" Goodman Brown is the protagonist as the story is centered around his voyage into the woods to witness a witch's babtism