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  2. 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.

  3. This is an alphabetically ordered list of characters in plays by William Shakespeare. ( See also list of plays by Shakespeare .) Antonio ( The Merchant of Venice) Ariel ( The Tempest) Beatrice ( Much Ado About Nothing) Benedick ( Much Ado About Nothing) Caliban ( The Tempest) Claudius ( Hamlet) Cleopatra ( Antony and Cleopatra)

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  4. Complete List of Shakespeare's Characters. There are many lists out there that purport to be "complete," but none of them have done what we've done—actually compile each and every character, including every servant, messenger, page, and every follower, into the most complete list ever created.

    • 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.
    • Juliet, Romeo & Juliet. Juliet emerges in our times as a strong female role model. The fourteen year-old displays remarkable strength, courage and fortitude.
    • Lear, King Lear. Lear is the main protagonist in King Lear. Often referred to as Shakespeare’s greatest play, King Lear’s scope is huge. One of its main thrusts, however, is the theme of authority and responsibility.
    • Macbeth, Macbeth. Macbeth is an example of the proposition of famous twentieth century British politician, Enoch Powell, that “all political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.”
  5. Characters of Shakespear's Plays is an 1817 book of criticism of Shakespeare's plays, written by early nineteenth century English essayist and literary critic William Hazlitt. Composed in reaction to the neoclassical approach to Shakespeare 's plays typified by Samuel Johnson, it was among the first English-language studies of Shakespeare's ...

    • William Hazlitt
    • England
    • 1817
    • English
  6. Character. Speeches. Plays (click titles to view speeches) 1. Aaron. 57. Titus Andronicus. 2. Abbot. 2. Richard II. 3. Abhorson. 13. Measure for Measure. 4. Abraham. 5. Romeo and Juliet. 5. Achilles. 74. Troilus and Cressida. 6. Adam. 10. As You Like It. 7. Adrian. 9. Tempest. 8. Adriana. 79. Comedy of Errors. 9. Aedile. 10. Coriolanus. 10 ...

  7. Want a run-down of Shakespeare’s characters in one of his play? Click on the play below to find the full list of characters Shakespeare created and brought to life in each of his plays. Shakespeare’s Top Characters

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