Anti-hero
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An anti-hero is a literary figure that, while they are the protagonist of a story, they're not essentially heroic.
A well-known example of an anti-hero is the character V from V for Vendetta or Snape from the Harry Potter series.
See Also
The traditional protagonist, the hero