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- From: jeras@oracle.com (John Eras)
- Subject: Re: Intersting point?
- In-Reply-To: KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET's message of 17 Nov 92 19:23:22 GMT
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:08:39 GMT
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- In article <92322.122322KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET> KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET (Jon L. Campbell) writes:
- > I re-read a posting from Fred about the characters in his novel
- > and it got me to thinking. I wondered about the depth of his antagonist
- > and had a couple of questions someone out there might want to answer.
- >
- > 1.) If an antagonist is supposed to be the opposite of the protagonist,
- > then if the protagonist was a jerk wouldn't the antagonist be more
- > reasonable?
- >
- > - This part I don't understand. Is it necessary to have a protagonist
- > in the story who is the reflection of good?
- >
- > - Can't a protagonist be a jerk sometimes or should the character
- > be above reproach?
-
- The protagonist is simply the main character, not necessarily the hero,
- so he can be as big a jerk as you like (in which case I guess you would
- call him an antihero). The antagonist is someone who works against or
- is hostile to the protagonist, and he can also be as big a jerk as you
- like. You'd probably have a pretty funky story, though, if both of them
- were jerks.
-
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