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Novels written from the point of view of an antagonist / stories where the narrator him/herself is the antagonist?

>> No.18813950

Like Star Wars written from the point of view of Darth Vader. Could it be done?

>> No.18813963

>>18813816
well,the antagonist will always consider himself as the protagonist,so you wouldn't even notice (vide:starship troopers)

>> No.18813997

>>18813816
Difficult, because a main character naturally becomes the protagonist, even if he's Patrick Bateman.

Richard III, I guess. He's still the hero, sort of. But in everyone else's story he's the antagonist. Macbeth (to a lesser extent).

A more clearcut case (but it's a murder mystery, so big spoiler):
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)

There are lots of novels with nasty main characters. e.g. Brighton Rock (Graham Greene). Or how about The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsythe)? I mean the MC is trying to assassinate De Gaulle. I suppose in theory the good guy is the policeman chasing him.

>> No.18814021

>>18813816
the wasp factory

>> No.18814027

Stoner or Lolita

>> No.18814040

>>18813950
Sure. The prequels really could have shown how such a character forms. His childhood as a slave didn’t paint a dark enough picture. I wish I could remake them.

>> No.18814042

>>18813997
Chapter 3 of The Sound and the Fury is the best example I can think of but it's not a whole novel. (Sticking with Faulkner, there's the Snopes trilogy too, maybe.)

>> No.18814044

Lolita

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>>18814040
>butters remakes star wars

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>> No.18814142

>>18813816
The Screwtape Letters?

>> No.18814491

>>18813816
Peace by Gene Wolfe

>> No.18814958

>>18813816
The play and film Amadeus comes to mind.

Salieri would appear to be both the protagonist, and the antagonist of Mozart, while Mozart is Salieri's antagonist (unintentional, for the most part).

>> No.18815331

>>18813816
Notes from the underground

>> No.18815471

>>18813816
crime and punishment