ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In storytelling, the antagonist is the opposer or combatant working against the protagonist’s or leading characters’ goal (“antagonizing”) and creating the main conflict. The antagonist can be one character or a group of characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protagonist and antagonist What makes many stories interesting is the struggle that the protagonist has to go through to achieve his aim. The antagonist is the principal source of conflict for the protagonist. Often, the antagonist is a bad guy, a villain, but he doesn’t necessarily have to be.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main character of a work of fiction is always called the protagonist. The antagonist is the character or group that opposes the protagonist. There is no inherent moral judgment in the label of “antagonist"; by definition, the character is an antagonist if they oppose the protagonist in any systematic way.

Detailed explanation-4: -Antagonist–The character or force that opposes the main character in a narrative.