ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is an Antagonist? 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: -An antagonist is a character working against the protagonist who, in most cases, the reader wants to see foiled. The antagonist creates the conflict and is generally seen as the ‘bad’ one but, like the protagonists, there are different types of antagonists.

Detailed explanation-3: -antagonist, in literature, the principal opponent or foil of the main character, who is referred to as the protagonist, in a drama or narrative. The word is from the Greek antagnistḗs, “opponent or rival.”

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Villains: The traditional definition of antagonist is a villain-a “bad guy” in the story, often working for evil purposes to destroy a heroic protagonist.

Detailed explanation-5: -Protagonist and antagonist and are nouns that refer to characters in a story. The protagonist is the main character, often a hero. The antagonist is the character who opposes the protagonist, often a villain.