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…showed last 75 words of 549 total…the monster, the protagonist. Nature is forced to protect herself because man cannot augment nature without destroying the very thing he is attempting to perfect. Therefor nature becomes the antagonist, and man the protagonist. At the end of the novel both nature and man are blinded by goals causing both to be antagonist, as well as leading to their destruction. Throughout the novel the antagonist and protagonist change due to character flaws and romantic ideas.