protagonist - is the actor who owns the right to play the first role in the tragedy.With this concept we relate some interesting moments in the theater, cinema and art.Also, the protagonist - is the main character in ancient Greek tragedy or drama.
etymology
There was this notion from the Greek root meaning "first", "compete", "fighter."If you add up all of these tips, it would be easier to assume that the meaning of the word "protagonist" is the word "winner".After the first competition to fight is the one who managed to win.However, the meaning of the word received different.And his appearance was connected with it played in the ancient tragedy, Thespis Athens in 534 BC.
Who is the protagonist in contemporary art?
Today, the value of this concept expanded.The protagonist - this is the main character is not only a tragedy, but also a film, a literary work, and even computer games.And sometimes in the product appear false protagonists - the heroes, who in the early impression of the principal, and then disappear altogether.This was the place to be in 1960.It was then demonstrated in cinemas acclaimed film "Adventure" and "Psycho."
difference between the concepts of the protagonist in the classic and modern art
usually appear in the works of the protagonist and the antagonist or a group of antagonists.In the classical works of the hero of the positive resist negative - villains.They antagonists interfere with the protagonist to achieve its goals.Either the positive hero is struggling with them - and based on this classic story.The contemporary art is much more complicated.Often the protagonist - this is a negative villain who tried to grab and neutralize the goodies.However, like in the movie "Fantomas" positive antagonists cause laughter and irony, but the most important hero, despite his position in society, the viewer sympathizes.The same is observed in today's criminal action movies, for example in a series of works by Eugene Sukhov about the kingpin of the Varyag.
author can not be identified with the main character!
interesting fact: the reader is in the majority believes that the writer is required to invest part of his soul in the image of the hero.And the audience is often identified with the actor played his role.However, this is not always the case.Or rather, even - almost always wrong.The protagonist - a person, for which the author observes as if from the outside.A good writer can not clearly explain their attitude to the characters.Suffice it to recall a wonderful phrase that characterizes the Leo Tolstoy, that he - the mirror of Russian life.That is, the author - not the protagonist, he did not even sympathetic to him.He - mirror, magnifying glass, if you want.
author can in his work to raise the topic that worries him, but the highlight of her way to bring it to the attention of the public, even going counter to their moral principles.Getting people to talk about something, worry still water - this is the main purpose of creation.And how well the protagonist as his moral acts, it does not guarantee that, as the writer himself - a man deeply decent, spiritually perfect.As well as describing the life of prostitutes, their experiences and difficulties - not the person who stands up for "moths".
film "Robocop" clearly demonstrates that position.The protagonist here for a while changes itself, turning from hero to villain positive.And the author is not positioning itself no "cop" or a robot or a villain.He just dreams, simultaneously laying in the minds of the public the idea that one should not joke with nature that is unique, that any experiments on the brain are fraught with dire consequences.
