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Hero - male lead whom the audience identifies with and hope for his success.
Heroine - female lead or supporting role that the audience identifies with and hope for her success.
Villain - character that the audience abhors and hope for his destruction
protagonist - character that is the main focus of the story.
antagonist - character that antagonizes the protagonist
narrator - character that tells the story.
romantic interest - character (usually a female) to whom somebody has a romantic interest.
damsel in distress - character that needs rescuing. (kind of self explanatory)
Antihero - Hero with a bunch of unlikable traits.
foil - character that illuminates another characters by providing a contrast.
side kick - character that the protagonist can talk to, give vital information to instead of directly to the reader. Doctor Watson, Robin the boy wonder.
The major character is the main character(s). It's usually who the story is about,or the character(s) that most appeared in the story.