central character

Frequency: 7.514.0 per million words

The most important character in a story.

characterADJECTIVE + NOUN (person in a story, film, etc.)

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central

Examples (10)

  • The novel's central character is a young, determined detective.
  • Throughout the book, the development of the central character is meticulously detailed.
  • We spent hours debating who the true central character of the film was.
  • The entire plot is driven by the internal conflict of the central character.
  • Harry Potter is arguably the most famous central character in modern literature.
  • For the story to succeed, the audience must empathize with the central character.
  • In an unusual narrative choice, the author made the antagonist the story's central character.
  • The actor struggled to understand the complex motivations of the central character he was portraying.
  • By the end of the play, the central character has undergone a profound transformation.
  • The story is told from the perspective of its central character, a lonely old man.