Question

read the excerpt from aladdin and the magic lamp. but far away in africa the magician remembered aladdin, and by his magic arts discovered that aladdin, instead of perishing miserably in the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, with whom he was living in great honour and wealth. he knew that the poor tailors son could only have accomplished this by means of the lamp, and travelled night and day till he reached the capital of china, bent on aladdins ruin... he was determined to get hold of the lamp, and again plunge aladdin into the deepest poverty. who is the antagonist? the magician aladdin the princess the tailor

Explanation:

The magician is bent on Aladdin's ruin and wants to take the lamp to plunge Aladdin into poverty, making him the antagonist.

Answer:

the magician