Literary Term - #3 Protagonist The main character. The person for whom the audience roots. (Luke Skywalker) Antagonist The opponent who blocks the Protagonist.

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Literary Term - #3 Protagonist The main character. The person for whom the audience roots. (Luke Skywalker) Antagonist The opponent who blocks the Protagonist. (Darth Vader)

Literary Term - #3 Anti-Hero : When the protagonist is actually a villain in the story, but we empathize with him anyway. Sometimes, the hero can even become an anti-hero because he does destructive things as the overall good outweighs the evil he must do to succeed in the moment.

Literary Term - #3 Sometimes, the hero must do destructive things to reach the ultimate goal of stopping evil.

Literary Term - #3 The anti-hero believes he is correct in his attack and justified for doing what he does.

Literary Term - #3 Foil : A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of a main character. (Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes)

Literary Term - #3 The opposite personalities of a foil highlight the protagonist’s personality traits.

Time to own it: In the movie “National Treasure”, who was… 1.The protagonist _____________ 2.The foil _________________ 3.The antagonist______________ Literary Term - #3