Explanation:
A protagonist is basically the main character of a story who faces major conflict and who the reader/audience feels empathy for and wants to succeed. An antagonist is another major character who creates conflicts for the protagonist. Traditionally, in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, most readers would say that Romeo is the play's protagonist because he is the one we want to succeed. We know that his intentions are pure and we feel sorry that he meets his tragic end and does not get what he was fighting for in the first place, which is to be with Juliet. In that same vein, most would label Tybalt the play's clear antagonist, as he is the one who wants to fight Romeo, and the reader is given no reason to ever really feel sorry for, or care about, Tybalt's character. All we ever see from him is his lust for a good fight and his detest for peace.
