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An unemotional word, opponent refers to someone else or to the other side (Randall 756).This words implies more active oppsition, especially in a struggle for control or power. Adversary usually suggest outright hostility in the conflict (Randall 756). The antagonist was the second most important character and the other contender in the agon, the distate or debate that formed part of a Greek tragedy (Siepman 793). The pricipal oppent or foil of the main character in a drama or narrative (Kuiper 56). | An unemotional word, opponent refers to someone else or to the other side (Randall 756).This words implies more active oppsition, especially in a struggle for control or power. Adversary usually suggest outright hostility in the conflict (Randall 756). The antagonist was the second most important character and the other contender in the agon, the distate or debate that formed part of a Greek tragedy (Siepman 793). The pricipal oppent or foil of the main character in a drama or narrative (Kuiper 56). | ||
==Examples in Literature== | |||
In William Shakespeare's ''Othello'' Iago stands as the most notorious villains of all time who spends all his time in plotting against Othello, the protagonist, and his wife Desdemona. Through his evil schemes, he convinces Othello that his wife has been cheating on him and even convinces him to kill his own wife despite her being faithful to him. | |||
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