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So if the contagonist is an archetypal character, we must be able to see it in action in plenty of well-known books and flicks, right?

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According to Dramatica Theory, the contagonist is one of eight archetypal characters:

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There is, of course, the protagonist-antagonist pairing, but there may be other pairings as well: reason and emotion; sidekick and skeptic; and finally, guardian and contagonist.

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Seems to me that clear motivation is key to having a successful contagonist. on 22 Jul 2008 at 11: 19 am Eric

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The job of the contagonist, they say, is to sway the protagonist away from his or her goal, to hinder him or her for at least a little while.

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Seems to me, in terms of TV shows, a contagonist could be that character that you love to hate, the one who is bad, but you know there is a deeper backstory that makes you feel sympathy, makes you like them just a little.

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I know exactly what they want and I can let them do their thing while leaving my contagonist who can be either good or bad but we don't know relatively unscathed in this book.

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Whether he is altogether out or reduced to a contagonist character in the new script remains to be seen.

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Thanks for a terrific post, it really got me thinking about the novel that I’m currently revising and how I could use this ‘contagonist’ concept to heighten tension. on 22 Jul 2008 at 10: 21 am Ray Rhamey

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If you’re sitting there wondering how a contagonist differs from a regular old antagonist, here’s what Dramatica says about that:

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