Characters in Shakespeare's Plays

A tragic hero has a __________ which leads to his downfall called hamartia.

• friend

• enemy

• tragic flaw

• disease

Which are the two main Shakespearean comic characters ?

• priests and soldiers

• clowns and fools

• kings and queens

• fairies and ghosts

Which Shakespearean heroine is considered as his first intelligent female in tragedy?

• Desdemona

• Lady Macbeth

• Cordelia

• Ophelia

Who is the villainous uncle of Hamlet who murders the King of Denmark so as to claim the throne in the tragedy Hamlet?

• Claudius

• Duncan

• Prospero

• Antony

Name the villainous character in Othello who manipulates the hero into being jealous of his wife Desdemona and murdering her?

• Three Witches

• Iago

• Lady Macbeth

• Cornwall

Name the heroine of The Merchant of Venice who disguises herself as a merchant so as to rescue Antonio.

• Viola

• Miranda

• Catherine

• Portia

Name the slave to Prospero in The Tempest who is born as half devil and half witch.

• Ariel

• Dogberry

• Caliban

• Aaron the Moor

• Feste

What is the one important characteristic that all Shakespearean heroines have in common?

• beauty

• intelligence

• quintessential womanhood

• courage

Name the villain who is pictured as “an unbeliever in, and denier of, all things spiritual, who only acknowledges God, like Satan, to defy him” by William Robertson Turnbull

• Don John

• Iago

• Richard III

• Cornwall

In which Shakespearean play is Emilia a character?

• As You Like It

• Othello

• The Merchant of Venice

• Hamlet