The conflict in most books centers around the struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist.
The Republicans are ANTAGONISTS to the Democrats
Sure can. "The antagonist in the story was maniacal and constantly plotted the demise of the protagonist."
The antagonist of the novel did everything in his power to stop the protagonist's heroic efforts.
In Othello, Iago was known as an antagonist.
The joker is the antagonist in Batman.
An "antagonist" is someone in opposition or conflict.In literary use, the antagonist ("bad guy") is the person who is opposed to the protagonist ("good guy").An example of this would be the Joker as an antagonist of Batman.
The two opposing forces in a book are the protagonist and the antagonist.
Example sentence - His daughter is an antagonist who rarely misses an opportunity.
"History tells us that Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States".
An example of external conflict in a sentence would be, "The protagonist faced a fierce battle against the antagonist to protect their village from destruction."
I believe the antagonist would be Stella. Another antagonist would be Ruby.
The policeman had to antagonize the criminal in order to get him to cooperate.