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LiteraryCharacters
Important characters to know for quiz bowl
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achilles | Iliad |
| Hector | Iliad |
| Agamemnon | Iliad |
| Menelaus | Iliad |
| Helen | Iliad |
| Paris | Iliad |
| Priam | Iliad |
| Patroclus | Iliad |
| Odysseus | Odyssey |
| Penelope | Odyssey |
| Telemachus | Odyssey |
| Polyphemus | Odyssey |
| Circe | Odyssey |
| Aeneas | Aeneid |
| Dido | Aeneid |
| Anchises | Aeneid |
| Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Enkidu | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Utnapishtim | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Oedipus | Oedipus Rex |
| Creon | Oedipus Rex |
| Tiresius | Oedipus Rex |
| Laius | Oedipus Rex |
| Jocasta | Oedipus Rex |
| Jason | Medea |
| Aegeus | Medea |
| Grendel | Beowulf |
| Hrothgar | Beowulf |
| Scheherazade | The Thousand and One Nights |
| Sinbad | The Thousand and One Nights |
| Ali Baba | The Thousand and One Nights |
| Aladdin | The Thousand and One Nights |
| Dante | The Divine Comedy |
| Beatrice | The Divine Comedy |
| Virgil | The Divine Comedy |
| Wife of Bath | The Canterbury Tales |
| The Nun's Priest | The Canterbury Tales |
| The Parson | The Canterbury Tales |
| The Miller | The Canterbury Tales |
| The Pardoner | The Canterbury Tales |
| Sancho Panza | Don Quixote |
| Rocinante | Don Quixote |
| Dulcinea | Don Quixote |
| Antipholus (there are 2; one from Syracuse, one from Ephesus) | The Comedy of Errors |
| Dromio (there are 2; one from Syracuse, one from Ephesus) | The Comedy of Errors |
| Duke Orsino | Twelfth Night |
| Olivia | Twelfth Night |
| Viola | Twelfth Night |
| Sebastian | Twelfth Night |
| Malvolio | Twelfth Night |
| Sir Toby Belch | Twelfth Night |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Twelfth Night |
| Tybalt | Romeo and Juliet |
| Mercutio | Romeo and Juliet |
| Friar Lawrence | Romeo and Juliet |
| Calpurnia | Julius Caesar |
| Brutus | Julius Caesar |
| Portia | Julius Caesar |
| Cassius | Julius Caesar |
| Claudius | Hamlet |
| Gertrude | Hamlet |
| Laertes | Hamlet |
| Horatio | Hamlet |
| Rosencrantz | Hamlet |
| Guildenstern | Hamlet |
| Polonius | Hamlet |
| Ophelia | Hamlet |
| Fortinbras | Hamlet |
| John of Gaunt | Richard II |
| Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) | Richard II |
| Edmund of Langley | Richard II |
| Iago | Othello |
| Desdemona | Othello |
| Cordelia | King Lear |
| Goneril | King Lear |
| Regan | King Lear |
| Edgar | King Lear |
| Edmund | King Lear |
| Duncan | Macbeth |
| Banquo | Macbeth |
| Macduff | Macbeth |
| Three Witches | Macbeth |
| Prince Hal | Henry IV |
| Falstaff | Henry IV or The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Hotspur | Henry IV |
| Mistress Page | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Mistress Ford | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Mistress Quickly | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Doctor Caius | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Prospero | The Tempest |
| Miranda | The Tempest |
| Caliban | The Tempest |
| Ariel | The Tempest |
| Antonio | The Merchant of Venice |
| Shylock | The Merchant of Venice |
| Bottom | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Robin Goodfellow (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Oberon | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Titania | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Gloriana | The Faerie Queen |
| Prince Arthur | The Faerie Queen |
| Red Cross Knight | The Faerie Queen |
| Lemuel Gulliver | Gulliver's Travels |
| The Lilliputians | Gulliver's Travels |
| The Yahoos | Gulliver's Travels |
| Cunegonde | Candide |
| Pangloss | Candide |
| Friday | Candide |
| Edmond Dantes | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Morrel | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Danglars | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Robert Walton | Frankenstein |
| Quasimodo | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Esmerelda | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Claude Frollo | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Jean Valjean | Les Miserables |
| Inspector Javert | Les Miserables |
| Fantine | Les Miserables |
| Cosette | Les Miserables |
| Eponine | Les Miserables |
| Cedric the Saxon | Ivanhoe |
| Wilfred of Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe |
| Lady Rowena | Ivanhoe |
| Edward Rochester | Jane Eyre |
| Mrs. Fairfax | Jane Eyre |
| Bertha Rochester | Jane Eyre |
| Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Catherine (Kitty), and Lydia Bennet | Pride and Prejudice |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy | Pride and Prejudice |
| Mr. Bingley | Pride and Prejudice |
| Heathcliff | Wuthering Heights |
| Catherine Earnshaw | Wuthering Heights |
| Mr. Lockwood | Wuthering Heights |
| Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March | Little Women |
| Eppie | Silas Marner |
| Godfrey Cass | Silas Marner |
| Dunstan Cass | Silas Marner |
| Natty Bumppo | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Chingachgook | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Uncas | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Cora and Alice Munro | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Colonel Munro | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Edward Murdstone | David Copperfield |
| Clara Pegotty | David Copperfield |
| Uriah Heep | David Copperfield |
| Wilkins Micawber | David Copperfield |
| Agnes Wickfield | David Copperfield |
| Phillip Pirrip (Pip) | Great Expectations |
| Miss Havisham | Great Expectations |
| Estella | Great Expectations |
| Abel Magwitch | Great Expectations |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | A Christmas Carol |
| Tiny Tim | A Christmas Carol |
| Bob Cratchit | A Christmas Carol |
| Samuel Pickwick | The Pickwick Papers |
| Nathaniel Winkle | The Pickwick Papers |
| Augustus Snodgrass | The Pickwick Papers |
| Kate Nickleby | Nicholas Nickleby |
| Smike | Nicholas Nickleby |
| Roderick Usher | The Fall of the House of Usher |
| Madeleine | The Fall of the House of Usher |
| C. Auguste Dupin | The Purloined Letter |
| Ichabod Crane | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Katrina Van Tassel | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Brom Bones | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| The Headless Horseman | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Hester Prynne | The Scarlet Letter |
| Roger Chillingworth | The Scarlet Letter |
| Arthur Dimmesdale | The Scarlet Letter |
| Pearl | The Scarlet Letter |
| Captain Vere | Billy Budd |
| John Claggart | Billy Budd |
| Captain Ahab | Moby Dick |
| Ishmael | Moby Dick |
| Starbuck | Moby Dick |
| Queequeg | Moby Dick |
| Emma Bovary | Madame Bovary |
| Charles Bovary | Madame Bovary |
| Rodolphe Boulanger | Madame Bovary |
| Jim | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Pap | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Widow Douglas | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Aunt Polly | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Becky Thatcher | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Injun Joe | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Henry Fleming | The Red Badge of Courage |
| Jim Conklin | The Red Badge of Courage |
| Clem Yeobright | The Return of the Native |
| Eustacia Vye | The Return of the Native |
| Tess Durbeyfield | Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| Angel Clare | Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| Alec D'Urberville | Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| The White Rabbit | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The Queen of Hearts | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The Cheshire Cat | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The Mad Hatter | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The Dormouse | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The March Hare | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| The White Kitten | Through the Looking Glass |
| Tweedledee and Tweedledum | Through the Looking Glass |
| Humpty Dumpty | Through the Looking Glass |
| Miles | The Turn of the Screw |
| Flora | The Turn of the Screw |
| Peter Quint | The Turn of the Screw |
| Miss Jessel | The Turn of the Screw |
| The Governess | The Turn of the Screw |
| David Balfour | Kidnapped |
| Captain Hoseason | Kidnapped |
| Alan Stewart | Kidnapped |
| Jim Hawkins | Trasure Island |
| Captain Smollett | Treasure Island |
| Long John Silver | Treasure Island |
| Benn Gunn | Teasure Island |
| Count Alexy Vronsky | Anna Karenina |
| Fyodor | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Dmitri | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Ivan | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Alexey | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Raskolnikiov | Crime and Punishment |
| Luzhin | Crime and Punishment |
| Captain Nemo | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Pierre Anonnax | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Ned Land | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Roxane | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Ragueneau | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Isabel Archer | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Gilbert Osmand | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Madame Merle | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Buck | The Call of the Wild |
| John Thornton | The Call of the Wild |
| Johnathan Harker | Dracula |
| Dr. Van Helsing | Dracula |
| Marlow | Heart of Darkness |
| Kurtz | Heart of Darkness |
| Fletcher Christian | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Captain Bligh | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Antonia Shimerda | My Antonia |
| Jum Burden | My Antonia |
| Stephen Dedalus | Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| Leopold and Molly Bloom | Ulysses |
| Buck Mulligan | Ulysses |
| Zenobia | Ethan Frome |
| Mattie Silver | Ethan Frome |
| Nick Carraway | The Great Gatsby |
| Jay Gatsby | The Great Gatsby |
| Tom and Daisy Buchanan | The Great Gatsby |
| Myrtle Wilson | The Great Gatsby |
| Carol and Dr. Will Kennecott | Main Street |
| Guy Pollock | Main Street |
| George, Myra, Verona, and Theodore Babbitt | Babbitt |
| Wang Lung | The Good Earth |
| O-lan | The Good Earth |
| Nung En | The Good Earth |
| Vladimir | Waiting for Godot |
| Estragon | Waiting for Godot |
| Pozzo | Waiting for Godot |
| Lucky | Waiting for Godot |
| Lennie Smalls | Of Mice and Men |
| George Milton | Of Mice and Men |
| Curley | Of Mice and Men |
| Crooks | Of Mice and Men |
| Candy | Of Mice and Men |
| Tom Joad | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Rose of Sharon | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Jim Casy | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Adam Trask | East of Eden |
| Cathy Ames | East of Eden |
| Frederic Henry | A Farewell to Arms |
| Catherine Barkley | A Farewell to Arms |
| Lt. Rinaldi | A Farewell to Arms |
| Santiago | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Manolin | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Robert Jordan | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Pilar and Maria | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Emily Webb | Our Town |
| George Gibbs | Our Town |
| The Stage Manager | Our Town |
| Tom, Laura, and Amanda Wingfield | The Glass Menagerie |
| Jim O'Connor | The Glass Menagerie |
| Winston Smith | 1984 |
| Big Brother | 1984 |
| Willy and Linda Loman | Death of a Salesman |
| Biff and Happy | Death of a Salesman |
| John and Elizabeth Proctor | The Crucible |
| Abigail | The Crucible |
| Rev. Parris | The Crucible |
| Judge Danforth | The Crucible |
| Tituba | The Crucible |
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