The main "hero" is known as the protagonist.
The main "villain" is known as the antagonist.
it is the person you play.
That's the name of the main character.
Protagonist
The main "hero" is known as the protagonist. The main "villain" is known as the antagonist.
The Character is the eponymous character, and sometimes the play might be called eponymous, but not often.
Prospero is the name of the main character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
She was the main character who got her identity stolen, character name: Angela Bennet.
Actually, there is no play by Shakespeare called "A Pound of Flesh". The phrase is an important phrase in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. Originally the main characters in this play were Bassanio and Portia, but as time went on, more and more big name actors wanted to play the main character in the subplot, Shylock, to the extent that Shylock is now considered to be the main character (along with Portia). The "Merchant of Venice" himself, a character called Antonio, is not the main character of the play.
Othello is the main character in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
godat - a character in a play by Samuel Beckett
The main character in the play "Macbeth" is of course Macbeth
it is ensemble play but jake is the main charater