<Ul> <Li> Shakespeare's Hamlet sees the eponymous character, once a young scholarly prince full of promise, quickly becoming a melancholic brooder after his father's death . The play shows his slow but deadly fall into madness . </Li> <Li> In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, the protagonist Raskolnikov commits a murder, that leads him on a path of redemption, and after an intense inner struggle, he realizes that he needs to be punished for his actions, reporting himself to the authorities . </Li> <Li> Victor Hugo's Les Misérables includes a myriad of characters that transform against the backdrop of social events . Jean Valjean starts as a selfish, violent convict and develops into a generous and loving father to Cosette, who in turn transforms from an abused, lonely and somewhat secluded child to a beautiful and caring woman . </Li> <Li> Ursula Le Guin's protagonist from her A Wizard of Earthsea quartet gradually changes from an impulsive and arrogant youth to a stoic and wise man, reconciling the darkness within and all the bad actions it had caused . </Li> <Li> A Song of Ice and Fire series of books by George R.R. Martin shows numerous examples of complete character arcs . Daenerys Targaryen transforms from a naive young girl to a queen and a conqueror, only to fall from grace after a misuse of power . The character of Jon Snow, undergoes a similar arc of embracing the need to govern and rule and metaphorically "kills the boy and lets the man be born" only to die after a misuse of power . Other characters such as Sansa Stark and Jaime Lannister, start out as childish and petty, but once faced with the cruelty of the world, Jaime grows into a mature and wise leader, and Sansa grows into a strong - willed and poised lady . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Shakespeare's Hamlet sees the eponymous character, once a young scholarly prince full of promise, quickly becoming a melancholic brooder after his father's death . The play shows his slow but deadly fall into madness . </Li> <Li> In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, the protagonist Raskolnikov commits a murder, that leads him on a path of redemption, and after an intense inner struggle, he realizes that he needs to be punished for his actions, reporting himself to the authorities . </Li> <Li> Victor Hugo's Les Misérables includes a myriad of characters that transform against the backdrop of social events . Jean Valjean starts as a selfish, violent convict and develops into a generous and loving father to Cosette, who in turn transforms from an abused, lonely and somewhat secluded child to a beautiful and caring woman . </Li>

Which type of character is a protagonist least likely to be