Killing off protagonists?

[beres-ford.livejournal.com]

Hello. :D

I have a quick question, which I suppose is debatable because...well I've been debating for weeks over it.

Should protagonists be killed off?

I have one particular protagonist (there's more than one) in a story I've been writing for almost a year and as the storys developed I've come up with so many different endings for it. And one of which includes this character dying.

Another is that this character dies and then comes back to life, but that's been used so much that I'm wondering if it'd be better if they just stayed dead.

Should I kill off my protagonist?

Comments

[beres-ford.livejournal.com]

Ironically the character I'm talking about is from a complete fantasy background, and it includes a very largeish war. I liked what you said about the wars especially (I agree to it all by the way) but I found that in particular very helpful.

You're right, people do just die in wars. It's the whole point of a war, and I think maybe if i made the whole idea of the war in this story more dangerous with literal threats like that then it'll work much better. :D

And may well kill off the protagonist... or another protagonist/supporting character. I'm not too sure where to place him!

Thanks for replying!