Talk:Aurora/@comment-4331461-20111015020439

Except that the role of the protagonist has changed and very much as people experiment with the type. While everything is centered around Aurora, she still serves more as an objective than anything to Maleficent, where as her bigger objective is cause as much suffering as possible. And please note that Aurora herself doesn't oppose Maleficent, it's either the fairies or Philip. The movie can essentially be described as having no true protagonist, since all the candidates for the role are important to the plot in some way. However, they can be explained as such. Aurora = Catalyst: Everything that happens in the movie is linked to Aurora, who only has a limited amount of presence within the story. Her drives the plot, but not directly or in her own way, as a traditional protagonist would. Philip = Hero: Philip is the one who fights Maleficent and destroys her, but he too is not strictly the protagonist for much the same reason as Aurora. Flora, Fauna and Maryweather are pretty much the characters that we see the story through. These are the character for whom we interact with the most and who help drive the plot along. They are directly opposed to Maleficent and are connected and in the loop for the whole of the movie. The movie only reaches because of them.