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El protagonista[1]​[2]​ (del griego antiguo πρωταγωνιστής, prōtagōnistḗs "el que hace el primer papel, actor principal")[3]​[4]​[5]​ es el personaje principal de un drama o de una historia.[6]​ El protagonista es el personaje central, mientras que el antagonista es el que representa la oposición al protagonista. Igual que ocurre con los antagonistas, puede haber más de un protagonista en una historia.[7]​ El protagonista está en el centro de la historia, toma las decisiones clave y experimenta las consecuencias de esas decisiones. Es el que suele tener mayor interacción con todos los demás personajes que conforman la obra. Además, es el principal agente impulsor de la historia y suele ser el personaje que se enfrenta a los obstáculos más importantes. Si una historia contiene una subtrama, o es una narración compuesta por varias historias, cada subtrama puede tener su propio protagonista.[8]​ Antigua Grecia Los primeros ejemplos conocidos de un protagonista se encuentran en la antigua Grecia. Al principio, las representaciones dramáticas se limitaban a la danza y la recitación del coro. Luego, en la Poética, Aristóteles describe cómo un poeta llamado Tespis introdujo la idea de que un actor saliera y entablara un diálogo con el coro. Esta fue la invención de la tragedia, y ocurrió alrededor del año 536 a. C.[9]​ Luego el poeta Esquilo, en sus obras, introdujo un segundo actor, inventando la idea del diálogo entre dos personajes. A continuación, Sófocles escribió obras que incluían un tercer actor.[10]​[11]​[12]​[13]​ Una descripción del origen del protagonista citó que durante el período inicial del drama griego, el protagonista servía como autor, director y actor y que estos papeles solo se separaron y asignaron a diferentes individuos más tarde.[14]​ También se afirma que el poeta no asignó o creó el protagonista, así como otros términos para los actores, como deuteragonista y tritagonista, principalmente porque solo dio a los actores su parte apropiada.[15]​ Sin embargo, a estos actores se les asignaron sus zonas específicas en el escenario, con el protagonista entrando siempre por la puerta central o que la vivienda del deuteragonista (segundo personaje más importante) debía estar a la derecha, y la del tritagonista (tercer personaje más importante), a la izquierda.[15]​ En la antigua Grecia, el protagonista se distingue del término "héroe", que se utilizaba para referirse a un humano que se convertía en un ser semidivino en la narración.[13]​ Ejemplos Se puede considerar que la obra Hipólito de Eurípides tiene dos protagonistas, aunque uno a la vez. Fedra es la protagonista de la primera mitad (primer arco), que fallece a mitad de la obra. Su hijastro, el titular Hipólito, asume el papel dominante en la segunda mitad (segundo arco) de la obra.[16]​ En la obra de Henrik Ibsen, El maestro de obras (en inglés The Master Builder), el protagonista es el arquitecto Halvard Solness. La joven Hilda Wangel, cuyas acciones conducen a la muerte de Solness, es la antagonista.[17]​ En la obra de William Shakespeare, Romeo y Julieta, Romeo es el protagonista. Persigue activamente su relación con Julieta, y el público se implica en esa historia. Tybalt, como antagonista, se opone a Romeo e intenta frustrar la relación.[17]​ En otra obra de Shakespeare, Hamlet, el protagonista es el príncipe Hamlet, que busca venganza por el asesinato de su padre. El antagonista es el personaje que más se opone a Hamlet, Claudio (aunque, en muchos sentidos, Hamlet es su propio antagonista).[18]​ Villanos como protagonistas En ciertos casos, el protagonista no es exactamente una buena persona. El villano protagónico, aunque sea el personaje central de la historia, no tiene la naturaleza heroica y gentil tradicionalmente identificada con los personajes principales (aunque todavía posee cualidades positivas). Son personajes que actúan como auténticos villanos, pero que son los protagonistas de una serie, libro, película o videojuego quienes para lograr sus deseos se deben enfrentar a antagonistas que pueden ser héroes o villanos más malvados. Algunos ejemplos son: Eric Cartman (South Park), Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), Humbert Humbert (Lolita), Chucky (Child's Play), Light Yagami (Death Note) o los personajes principales de la serie de videojuegos GTA. Los protagonistas malvados a menudo son considerados como antihéroes o protagonistas antagónicos.[19]​ Véase también Antagonista Personaje Referencias Enlaces externos Wikcionario tiene definiciones y otra información sobre protagonista. Wikcionario tiene definiciones y otra información sobre antagonista.. Descubre los libros populares de Charles River Editors. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Charles River Editors

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  • The Joyful Wisdom sinopsis y comentarios

    The Joyful Wisdom

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Friedrich Nietzsche was an extremely popular 19th century German philosopher.  Nietzsche wrote on a variety of topics including religion, morality, science, and modern culture...

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    The Abbeys of Great Britain

    H. Claiborne Dixon

    The Abbeys of Great Britain is a classic, illustrated overview of the famous Abbeys in the United Kingdom.A table of contents is included.

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    The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress (Illustrated Edition)

    Mark Twain

    Illustrated with dozens of pictures of the original illustrations, Twain, his life and work. Includes Table of Contents Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910...

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    The Life of St. Martin of Tours

    Sulpitius Severus

    Martin of Tours (Latin: Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316 – November 8, 397) was a Bishop of Tours, whose shrine became a famous stoppingpoint for pilgrims on the road to Santiago d...

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    The Natural History of Religion

    David Hume

    David Hume was a prominent Scottish philosopher and historian in the 18th century.  Hume’s works are still influential today as they feature his ideology of empiricism, skepti...

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    The Young Adventurer

    Horatio Alger, Jr.

    Illustrated Includes Table of Contents Horatio Alger Jr. wrote many rags to riches stories about young kids rising up to a better life, but few are as adventurous as this frontier ...

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    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

    Laurence Sterne

    Laurence Sterne was an 18th century Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman.  Sterne’s most popular works are The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentime...

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    The Old Dominion

    G.P.R. James

    This is a romantic fiction written by 19th century writer G.P.R. James, a wellknown British writer during the Victorian Era. This is one of his most famous works, and here is an ex...

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    Rasputin the Rascal Monk

    William Le Queux

    William Le Queux was an AngloFrench journalist and author.  Le Queux wrote bestsellers in many genres including mysteries and historical thrillers around the time of World War...

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    The Complete Novels of D.H. Lawrence

    D. H. Lawrence

    Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button.  Al...

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    American Legends: The Life of J.D. Salinger

    Charles River Editors

    Includes a Bibliography of Salinger's works. Analyzes The Catcher in the Rye and Salinger's literary career. Includes a Table of Contents. "I love to write and I assure you I write...

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    Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters

    Amy Steedman

    Then came the time which is called 'The Renaissance,' a word which means being born again, or a new awakening, when men began to draw real pictures of real things and fill the worl...

  • American Legends: The Life of Stephen Douglas sinopsis y comentarios

    American Legends: The Life of Stephen Douglas

    Charles River Editors

    Explains the central issues of the 1850s, including the Missouri Compromise, the KansasNebraska Act, popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott Decision, Includes pictures of Douglas a...

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    The Writings of Hippocrates and Galen

    Hippocrates & Galen

    Includes Table of Contents Hippocrates ( 460 – 370 B.C.) , the socalled “father of medicine”, revolutionized medicine in antiquity, and is perhaps best known today for his “Hippoc...

  • The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid sinopsis y comentarios

    The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid

    Pat Garrett

    The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid is a biography of William H. Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid written by sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County, New Mexico.Garrett shot and killed B...

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    That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope

    D.L. Moody

    Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents.  Dwight Lyman Moody was a popular A...

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    Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865

    Abraham Lincoln

    Includes all of Lincoln’s classic speeches and letters, including the House Divided Speech, the LincolnDouglas Debates, the Inaugural Addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, the ...

  • The End of the Roman Republic: The Lives and Legacies of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Augustus sinopsis y comentarios

    The End of the Roman Republic: The Lives and Legacies of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Augustus

    Charles River Editors

    Weaves the famous stories of Caesar, Cleopatra, Antony and Augustus into one gripping narrative.  Includes famous art depicting Caesar, Antony, Cleopatra, Augustus and importa...

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    Ivanoff

    Antón Chéjov

    Anton Chekhov (18601904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his 44 years of life. Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is con...

  • Carthage, or the Empire of Africa sinopsis y comentarios

    Carthage, or the Empire of Africa

    Alfred J. Church

    The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print.

  • Mazes and Labyrinths (Illustrated Edition) sinopsis y comentarios

    Mazes and Labyrinths (Illustrated Edition)

    W.H. Matthews

    Includes an Table of Contents with active links, including links to images Includes 151 images of various mazes and labyrinths Includes an expansive bibliography W.H. Matthew’s Maz...

  • The Jugurthine War sinopsis y comentarios

    The Jugurthine War

    Sallust

    Sallust's Jugurthine War is a brief monograph recording the war in Numidia fought around 112 B.C., discussing the political careers of Marius and Sulla and their rivalry. Sallust's...

  • Essays on Some Unsettled Questions on Political Economy sinopsis y comentarios

    Essays on Some Unsettled Questions on Political Economy

    John Stuart Mill

    John Stuart Mill was a prominent English philosopher and political economist in the 19th century.  Mill is considered to be one of the most influential liberal thinkers in his...

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    My Life

    Golda Meir

    Blockbusting film GOLDA starring Helen Mirren is out now'The gripping memoir of a remarkable woman who rose to the top in a man's world. A compelling political story of courage and...

  • Orthodoxy sinopsis y comentarios

    Orthodoxy

    G.K. Chesterton

    G.K. Chesterton (18741936) was an English author who wrote on a variety of subjects such as mysteries, philosophy, religion and biographies.Chesteron is best known for the Father B...

  • The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus sinopsis y comentarios

    The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest writer in the history of the English language, so renowned and respected that the time period in which he lived is often known...

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    Madame de Fleury

    Maria Edgeworth

    Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Irish writer and is considered to be a significant figure in the evolution of modern novels.  Edgeworth’s works are known for moral and social t...

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    The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Collection

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button.  Al...

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    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

    Robert Tressell

    Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is ...

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    On the Essence of Money

    Moses Hess

    Moses (Moshe) Hess (June 21, 1812 – April 6, 1875) was a Jewish philosopher and socialist, and one of the founders of Zionism. Hess originally advocated Jewish integration into the...

  • Pilgrim's Progress sinopsis y comentarios

    Pilgrim's Progress

    John Bunyan

    John Bunyan (16281688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembe...

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    On the Natural Faculties

    Galen

    The Ancient Greeks and Romans were among the first civilizations to show sophistication in the science of medicine, and Galen of Pergamon (129199/219 A.D.) was the most knowledgeab...

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    De Spiritu Sancto (Of the Holy Spirit)

    St. Basil The Great

    Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, (330 –379) was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modernday Kayseri, Turkey).  St. Basil was born i...

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    The Negro Problem

    Booker T. Washington

    “Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without int...

  • The Rabindranath Tagore Collection sinopsis y comentarios

    The Rabindranath Tagore Collection

    Rabindranath Tagore

    Includes a Table of Contents Includes Images of the Author, 19th Century Calcutta, and More. Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) was a famous Bengali author. He is perhaps best known...

  • Colonial Prose and Poetry: All Volumes sinopsis y comentarios

    Colonial Prose and Poetry: All Volumes

    William P. Trent

    Illustrated with more than 20 pictures of William Penn, the Founding Fathers, and authors Includes Table of Contents Long before the United States became a free country, Europeans ...

  • The Poems of Goethe (Illustrated Edition) sinopsis y comentarios

    The Poems of Goethe (Illustrated Edition)

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Includes hundreds of poems, odes, songs, sonnets, proverbs and other poetry Illustrated with pictures of Goethe, his life, and work Includes Table of Contents Johann Wolfgang von ...

  • On The Border With Crook sinopsis y comentarios

    On The Border With Crook

    John Gregory Bourke

    On The Border With Crook is the account of John Bourke, an aide to General Crook during the Apache Wars.

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    Within a Budding Grove

    Marcel Proust

    Marcel Proust was a French novelist best known for In Search of Lost Time, a seven volume novel published between 1913 and 1927.  Proust is considered to be one of the most im...

  • To Philippus sinopsis y comentarios

    To Philippus

    Isocrates

    Isocrates (436338 B.C.) was an ancient Athenian orator, rhetorician, and teacher whose writings are an important historical source on the intellectual and political life of the Gol...

  • The Iliad sinopsis y comentarios

    The Iliad

    Homer

    Homer is considered by many scholars to have been the greatest ancient Greek poet.  The epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey are still among the most widely read stories in th...

  • A Plea for Atheism sinopsis y comentarios

    A Plea for Atheism

    Charles Bradlaugh

    A Plea for Atheism is a classic work by the famous British secularist.

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    The Complete Fairy Books of Andrew Lang

    Andrew Lang

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  • Holy in Christ sinopsis y comentarios

    Holy in Christ

    Andrew Murray

    Andrew Murray was a South African pastor and prolific Christian writer in the 19th century.  Murray’s devotionals are noted for placing an emphasis on spiritual growth in the ...

  • Oration on the Dignity of Man sinopsis y comentarios

    Oration on the Dignity of Man

    Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

    Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was a renowned Italian Renaissance philosopher despite his early death. At the age of 23, he proposed...

  • Cambridge Medieval History:The Eastern Roman Empire sinopsis y comentarios

    Cambridge Medieval History:The Eastern Roman Empire

    J.B. Bury

    Bury's expansive Cambridge Medieval History: The Eastern Roman Empire, covers the history of the Byzantine Empire from the 8th century to Constantinople's fall to the Turks.

  • The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen sinopsis y comentarios

    The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Hans...

  • The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion sinopsis y comentarios

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

    Sir James George Frazer

    Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, is an authoritative comparative study on religion and mythology.

  • Prairie Farming in America sinopsis y comentarios

    Prairie Farming in America

    James Caird

    Prairie Farming in America is an interesting overview of agriculture in the United States and Canada, written in the 19th century.

  • The Ultimate Ronald Reagan Collection sinopsis y comentarios

    The Ultimate Ronald Reagan Collection

    Charles River Editors & Ronald Reagan

    Includes: Charles River Editors original biography of Ronald Reagan Reagan’s Inaugural Addresses, all of his State of the Union Addresses, and his Farewell Address “Freedom is neve...