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Shakespeare's Characters: A to Z Here you will find a comprehensive list of every Shakespearean character and the play in which he or she appears. Included is our exclusive spelled pronunciation guide, essential for actors and teachers, and an in-depth biography of many of Shakespeare's most popular and fascinating creations.
- Hamlet Character Guide
The person who recites the death of Priam with such feeling,...
- A Complete List of Every Shakespearean Character With Pronunciation Guide
Shakespeare's Characters: A to Z Here you will find a...
- King Lear Character Guide
Burbage was a legend in his own time, and originated the...
- Macbeth Character Guide
Macbeth Facts In 1849, two competing productions of Macbeth...
- Introduction to Caliban
The latter could only unfold his understanding, without, in...
- Introduction to Shylock
The latter detail gives something of a shock to the modern...
- Hamlet Character Guide
Antonio ( The Merchant of Venice ) Antonio ( Much Ado About Nothing ) Antonio ( The Tempest ) Antonio ( Twelfth Night ) Antonio ( The Two Gentlemen of Verona ) Antony ( Antony and Cleopatra ) Apemantus ( Timon of Athens ) Apothecary ( Romeo and Juliet ) Archbishop Cranmer ( Henry VIII )
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Sort the character list below by name, play or number of lines. NOTE: The below line counts are based on prose line not being broken as verse lines. Therefore. therefore a word count is more appropriate when comparing characrers with prose speeches.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ( Hamlet) Shylock ( The Merchant of Venice) Titania ( A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Touchstone ( As You Like It) Viola ( Twelfth Night) Weird Sisters ( Macbeth) The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering.
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Shakespeare Characters. Home 1 / Shakespeare Characters. Shakespeare was a master character creator, and he invented and brought to life hundreds of Shakespeare characters in his many plays. This site section is a work in progress, as we work to build out in-depth character studies for all of Shakespeare’s major characters.
Expert Answers. The real answer to this question is that, while we know that Shakespeare was a respected actor and was writing plays at the same time as he was a member of The Chamberlain's Men ...
Hamlet, Hamlet. Hamlet is the most famous of Shakespeare’s characters – the one we most quote and the one we most refer to when thinking about human life and existence. His utterance ‘to be or not to be, that is the question’ is probably the most famous of all of Shakespeare’s lines, and the soliloquy that follows is a deep ...