N.B. Within each genre, the names of the protagonists are alphabetically ordered.
Drama Adam in The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute Mr. and Mrs. Bates in Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter Michael Cartts in Japes by Simon Gray Donald in The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton Guy in My Night with Reg by Kevin Elyot Felix Humble in Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones Laurence in Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Archie Rice in The Entertainer by John Osborne Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Stephanie Washburn in The Eclipse by Joyce Carol Oates Literature Virgil Adams in Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington Alex in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Alice (as well as some other characters) in King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine Jacopo Belbo in Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Martin Brock in 12 Step Fandango by Chris Haslam Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Thomas Covenant in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson Mark Crawley (as well as some other characters) in A Vicious Circle by Amanda Craig Jim Dixon in Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis Elric of Melniboné in stories and novels by Michael Moorcock Barnaby Gaitlin in A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gollum (Sméagol) in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Peter Jernigan in Jernigan by David Gates Asa Leventhal in The Victim by Saul Bellow Victor Mancini in Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Walter Mitty in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Felix Nasmyth in Budding Prospects by T.C. Boyle Alexander Portnoy in Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth Marc Remillard in The Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May Alan Sherwood in Altered States by Anita Brookner Long John Silver in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Arthur Abdel Simpson in The Light of Day (filmed as Topkapi) and Dirty Story by Eric Ambler Steerpike in the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake Stevens in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Gerald Tarrant in The Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman Luke Wakefield in Mr Wakefield's Crusade by Bernice Rubens John Wheelwright in A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Smith in The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe Yossarian in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Billy Fisher in Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse The narrator in Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Des Esseintes in Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans Poetry Achilles in The Illiad by Homer Gerontion in Gerontion by T.S. Eliot Warren Harding in Two Poems About President Harding by James Wright Henry in The Dream Songs by John Berryman Prufrock in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot Comic books Batman (DC Comics) Daredevil (Marvel Comics) Hellboy (Dark Horse) The Incredible Hulk (Marvel) The Punisher (Marvel) Rayek in the comic book Elfquest by Wendy and Richard Pini Spider-Man (Marvel) Venom (Marvel) Wolverine (Marvel) Spawn (Image Comics) Television Eric Cartman (South Park) (Please add to these lists.)
