a leading character who is not, like a hero, perfect or even outstanSSding, but is rather ordinary and representative of the more or less average person Close Window
A protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero He or she may be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic Often what antiheroes learn, if they learn anything at all, is that the world isolates them in an existence devoid of God and absolute values Yossarian from Joseph Hellers Catch-22 is an example of an antihero See also character
A protagonist who is a non-hero or the antithesis of a traditional hero While the traditional hero may be dashing, strong, brave, resourceful, or handsome, the antihero may be incompetent, unlucky, clumsy, dumb, or clownish