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antihero

The protagonist of a novel or play who, instead of displaying heroic or sympathetic characteristics, is incompetent, foolish, and often immoral. Examples include Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605) and Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (1957).



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