Meaning & use
agon
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A contest or struggle, especially the central conflict in ancient Greek drama or a literary work.
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The play's agon pits the stubborn king against his equally stubborn daughter.
Literary critics traced the novel's central agon back to a conflict between duty and desire.
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A specialized literary and classical studies term, root of English words like 'agony' and 'protagonist' ('the one who struggles first').
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