Re: Maddie on Good or bad?

You bring up a good point here on a protagonist’s role in a novel. The first definition in the Oxford Dictionary states, “The chief character in a dramatic work. Hence, in extended use: the leading character, or one of the main characters, in any narrative work, as a poem, novel, film, etc.”. None of the other definitions mention ‘hero” on the Oxford website; however, dicionary.com does have a definiot on there that does specifcally say ‘hero’. I think some people automaticaly associate hero with protagonist because traditionally the protagonist is of good character, or heroic. But I don’t think it is always the case. Obvisoly H.H. is the chief character in Lolita and obsviously his efforts are not heroic.