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noun • a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength • Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) • the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem • (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her • someone who fights for a cause • (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god • a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | ||||
| 26% | 8 | Usually motivates the actions of the protagonist | ||
noun • (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot | ||||
| 24% | 9 | Usually lacks a clear central plot or protagonist | ||
noun • A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist. • (by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature. | ||||
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