First, he becomes an important and active protagonist in the pursuit of the Trojan War itself.

His son-in-law and daughter (a dutiful supporter of her husband rather than an active protagonist) represented the younger generation.

Imagine the difficulty of creating an active crime-fighting protagonist in an age of helicopter parents.

This was true in older novels but has changed over the years; modern novels feature more active protagonists.

A big-headed, childlike clown with a Candide-like optimism, despite the hardships his creator puts him through He's not an active protagonist; rather, "things happen to him".

Blues ballads tend to deal with active protagonists, often anti-heroes, resisting adversity and authority, but frequently lacking a strong narrative and emphasising character instead.

Therefore, we need to focus on clear policies which fight the social exclusion of women and consolidate their role as active protagonists of political change and economic development.

In your speech today, Mr Berlusconi, you talked about how Europe must be an active protagonist on the world stage, and about how we also need diplomatic and military instruments.

Composed in the early thirteenth century, the poem is 5656 lines long and is especially notable for the large number of chansons it contains, and for its active female protagonist.

She found a quick successor in the active female protagonist of Tibaut's Roman de la Poire.