Who is the protagonist? (look at the definition of protagonist, that’s the one i need help on, and how to i explain it?)

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

In at least 150 words, tell how the mother's history as a chinese immigrant lays the foundation for her motivations and values as a character. writer word count: of 150 overall score: next question ask for turn it in

Why is broadway known as the great white way kown as great white way?