All 6 Uses
antagonist
in
The Last of the Mohicans
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- But under the influence of their degraded fortunes, both officers and men appeared better disposed to await the approach of their formidable antagonists, within their works, than to resist the progress of their march, by emulating the successful example of the French at Fort du Quesne, and striking a blow on their advance.†
Chpt 1antagonists = people who offer opposition or are hostile
- For a moment he appeared to be conscious of having the worst of the argument, then, rallying again, he answered the objection of his antagonist in the best manner his limited information would allow: "I am no scholar, and I care not who knows it; but, judging from what I have seen, at deer chases and squirrel hunts, of the sparks below, I should think a rifle in the hands of their grandfathers was not so dangerous as a hickory bow and a good flint-head might be, if drawn with Indian judgment, and sent by an Indian eye."†
Chpt 3antagonist = someone who offers opposition or is hostile
- With ready skill, Hawkeye and his antagonist each grasped that uplifted arm of the other which held the dangerous knife.†
Chpt 7 *
- The naked body of his antagonist afforded Heyward no means of holding his adversary, who glided from his grasp, and rose again with one knee on his chest, pressing him down with the weight of a giant.†
Chpt 11
- Hawkeye soon got another enemy within reach of his arm, and with one sweep of his formidable weapon he beat down the slight and inartificial defenses of his antagonist, crushing him to the earth with the blow.†
Chpt 12
- When Uncas had brained his first antagonist, he turned, like a hungry lion, to seek another.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(antagonist as in: the antagonist in the film) someone who offers opposition or is hostile
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Specialized Definitions of antagonist:
- literature or storytelling: the most important character who opposes the main character or protagonist
- physiology: a muscle that relaxes when another muscle contracts
- chemistry and biology: a substance that interferes with the effect of another substance