Protagonist
C4939
concept
The Protagonist is the central character in a narrative whose goals, choices, and development drive the main plot and emotional focus of the story.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| protagonist | 1,188 |
| novel protagonist | 144 |
| Protagonist canonical | 35 |
| hero | 25 |
| literary protagonist | 24 |
| series protagonist | 5 |
| central character | 3 |
| short story protagonist | 3 |
| teenage protagonist | 3 |
| main character | 2 |
| novel series protagonist | 2 |
| protagonists | 2 |
| dramatic protagonist | 1 |
| first-person shooter protagonist | 1 |
| novella protagonist | 1 |
| protagonists in the Mahabharata | 1 |
| story protagonist | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Protagonist
Generated description
The Protagonist is the central character in a narrative whose goals, choices, and development drive the main plot and emotional focus of the story.
Instances (1,440)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Rahel | protagonist |
| Andrew Crocker-Harris | protagonist |
| Shack Twala | protagonist |
| Andrew Harlan | protagonist |
| Charlie Y. Reader | protagonist |
| Joe Gardner | protagonist |
| Flik | protagonist |
| Atrahasis | hero |
|
Rose
surface form:
Rose (Black Summer)
|
protagonist |
| Colonel Richard Cantwell | protagonist |
| Sarah Palmer | protagonist |
| The Monk | protagonist |
| Chow Yun-fat as the Monk | protagonist |
| Philip Mannering | protagonist |
| Athena | protagonist |
| Pierre Bezukhov | — |
|
Max in Videodrome
surface form:
Max Renn
|
protagonist |
| Dominic Toretto | protagonist |
| Guy Montag | protagonist |
|
Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone
surface form:
Patrick Kenzie
|
protagonist |
| OJ Haywood | protagonist |
| Felix Krull | protagonist |
| Elizabeth Bennet | — |
| Edith Cushing | protagonist |
| Isabel Archer | protagonist |
| Lewis Lambert Strether | protagonist |
|
Samantha (Attack the Block)
surface form:
Samantha
|
protagonist |
|
Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta
surface form:
Evey Hammond
|
protagonist |
| Paul Bäumer | protagonist |
| Quick | protagonist |
|
Gourmohan (Gora)
surface form:
Gourmohan
|
novel protagonist |
| Lolita | protagonist |
| Arland D. Williams Jr. | hero |
| Alvy Singer | protagonist |
| Pollyanna Whittier | novel protagonist |
|
Maggie Verver is married to Prince Amerigo
surface form:
Maggie Verver
|
— |
| Gwynplaine | protagonist |
|
Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train
surface form:
Rachel Watson
|
novel protagonist |
|
Chelkash (dockside thief)
surface form:
Chelkash
|
protagonist |
| Alice Chambers | protagonist |
| Maggie Verver | protagonist |
| Meilin "Mei" Lee | protagonist |
| Patrick "Kitten" Braden | protagonist |
| Victor Frankenstein | protagonist |
| Dorian Gray | protagonist |
| Hero | protagonist |
| Jonathan Harker | — |
| Mina Harker | protagonist |
| Father Francis Chisholm | novel protagonist |
| Mia Dolan | protagonist |