The Protagonist

The protagonist is the hero of the film, they're seen to be brave, kind and a person to look up to, to be an idol for young children. The men especially have muscles that are emphasised by their tight suits which also connote that they're strong. When you look into the past of these heroes you usually find that something terrible happened that has led them to want to do good and fight for justice, for what is right but they always face obstacles along the way. 

Take Spiderman for example, his parents were killed when he was a child and he had to live with Uncle and Aunt. Later on when he became a teenager his Uncle Ben was murdered and from that point he wanted to stop crime so that no one else had to go through what he did.

Not all heroes have to have powers. For example, Black Widow (bottom left) and Batman don't have any powers just skill and especially for Batman, money. It's clear that they are skilled in fighting and strategy which is just as important. 

From the picture above we can see that they're all wearing tight clothing and some are wearing capes, which is seen as a typical thing for a superheroes especially, to wear. Some wear masks to die their identity which is normally seen as something the antagonist would do however, the different between the masks is that the protagonists mainly wearing them because they don't want people o know they're true identity so thy can live a normal live, like a disguise behind the disguise. Whereas, a protagonist wears one that is either seen as chilling and scary that completely hides their identity, not so they can go and live a normal life, it's so they won't be caught when they go out onto the streets.

However, not every protagonist has to be some powerful, trained superhero. They can be a normal average person who just wants to do good. For example, Greg from Kick ass who starts off as an average teenager who gets beaten up and when he recovers he doesn't have any powers or skills but an idea that he can stand up to. So he uses superheroes from films and comics to make his own costume which becomes the centre of the film. He then goes on to do just what he said, he defeated the antagonist without power but with help from other people just like him.