What’s more important in a novel, the main character of the story or the conflict? Often in works of literature, there are characters-other than the main character-whose presence in the work is essential. In the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is an antagonist. The antagonist is an significant part of the novel. Although Hester is the main character, the role of Roger is just as crucial.
Without Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter, there wouldn’t be much of a story to tell. Without an antagonist, the story would be
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