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2007-02-11 16:56:48 · 3 answers · asked by Delon B 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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I guess you want to know what an antagonist is.....

An antagonist is a fictional character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a story who represents the opposition against which the hero(es) or protagonist(s) must contend. In the classic style of story wherein the action consists of a hero fighting a villain, the two can be regarded as protagonist and antagonist, respectively.

Writers have also created more complex situations. In some instances, the story is told from the villain's point of view, and any hero trying to stop said villain can be regarded as an antagonist. Such antagonists are usually police officers or other law enforcement officials.

More often, stories simply do not have characters that are readily identifiable as most heroic or villainous. Instead, the antagonist becomes that character, group, or metaphysical force which provides the chief obstruction to the protagonist(s) of the story. Note that the antagonist is not necessarily human; often, the forces of nature or psychological elements provide this element of opposition. For example, Final Destination features a metaphysical, though possibly sentient, personification of death which tries to kill people in gruesome "accidents" as part of some large plan.

The protagonist-antagonist relationship is also sometimes completely ambiguous. For instance, in the story of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, the antagonist may be regarded as the whale "Moby Dick" of the title, against which the story's leading character Captain Ahab strives. Yet Captain Ahab is not actually the protagonist of the story[citation needed], as it is told from the point of view of the narrator Ishmael. Indeed, it is also valid to look at Captain Ahab as the antagonist, with his fanaticism the force with which protagonist Ishmael must cope.

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2007-02-11 17:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by VdogNcrck 4 · 0 0

A noun.The verb to be antagonistic./Are you seriously stupid?

2007-02-12 01:08:25 · answer #2 · answered by sickmates 1 · 0 0

Enemy.

2007-02-12 01:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by me 1 · 1 0

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