Learn a Word: Protagonist

A post yesterday featured the song "Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife. The lyrics got me interested and therefore I consulted Wikipedia for some background. There, it is summarized this way:

"The song is a dying protagonist's farewell to relatives and friends."

So, here is a little quiz: What is a protagonist?

Cheers,
Surfer_Diver
2013.9.14

所有跟帖： 

• How formal is this word? -北京二号- ♀ (163 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 21:14:58

• Not sure. It seems to me to be a little old-styled. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 21:28:02

• It's a formal word for literacy analysis. The opposite one is "a -ntotl- ♂ (53 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 23:53:29

• What's the opposite one? -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (67 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 23:55:46

• The opposite one is "antagonist." -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 23:56:12

• Is there anything "good" or "bad" associated? -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2013 postreply 00:12:42

• My understanding is "they are just two sides of a conflict. -ntotl- ♂ (18 bytes) () 09/15/2013 postreply 00:18:31

• No. There are also many "bad" protagonists. -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2013 postreply 00:23:30

• Thanks. It helps. -北京二号- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2013 postreply 19:45:37

• Thanks! -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2013 postreply 20:24:20

• 报告冲潜，我等着你公布答案呢。 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 21:33:44

• 报告紫君，答案在wiktionary或各种网上字典以及印刷版 -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (66 bytes) () 09/14/2013 postreply 21:39:45