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Shakespeare Villains
YGK These Shakespearean Villains
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character whose hunchbacked appearance makes him "determined to prove a villain" | Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard III) |
| The "son of York" whose ascension Richard refers to as "glorious summer" | Edward IV |
| Richard’s brother who is drowned in a "malmsey-butt" (cask of wine) | George, Duke of Clarence |
| Group of children whose deaths Richard orders to secure the throne | Princes in the tower |
| Earl of Richmond who leads a rebellion against Richard and becomes Henry VII | Henry Tudor |
| Location of the battle where Richard cries "a horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" | Bosworth Field |
| Character who fears her husband is "too full ’o the milk of human kindness" | Lady Macbeth |
| Spirits Lady Macbeth calls upon to "unsex" her | Spirits of murder (or "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts") |
| King murdered by Macbeth at Lady Macbeth's urging | King Duncan |
| Sleepwalking cry of Lady Macbeth as she tries to wash away imaginary blood | Out, damned spot! |
| The "ancient" or standard-bearer of Othello who vows revenge | Iago |
| Character passed over for promotion in favor of Michael Cassio | Iago |
| Wife of Iago who eventually exposes his plot | Emilia |
| "Green-eyed monster" that Iago warns Othello against | Jealousy |
| Object Iago plants in Cassio’s room to frame Desdemona | Handkerchief |
| Hot-headed Capulet cousin of Juliet who is called the "king of cats" | Tybalt |
| Peaceful character provoked by Tybalt during the play's opening brawl | Benvolio |
| Character killed by Tybalt during a duel in which Romeo intervened | Mercutio |
| Feline character from medieval fables who shares a name with Tybalt | Reynard the Fox (or Tybalt the cat) |
| Method King Claudius used to murder his brother, King Hamlet | Pouring poison into his ear |
| King Hamlet’s widow who marries Claudius | Gertrude |
| Title of the play-within-a-play (The Murder of Gonzago) used to "catch the conscience" of Claudius | The Mouse-trap |
| Two characters sent with Hamlet to England carrying his execution letter | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| Character who duels Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge Polonius | Laertes |
| The two evil daughters of King Lear | Regan and Goneril |
| Character whose eyes are gouged out by Regan and Cornwall | Gloucester |
| Villainous character pursued romantically by both Regan and Goneril | Edmund |
| Fate of Regan at the end of the play | Poisoned by Goneril |
| Half-brother of Edmund who takes charge of the realm with Albany | Edgar |
| Son of the witch Sycorax and slave to Prospero | Caliban |
| Prospero’s daughter whom Caliban attempted to rape | Miranda |
| The god of Caliban’s mother, whose magic is weaker than Prospero's | Setebos |
| Two drunkards who plot with Caliban to kill Prospero | Trinculo and Stephano |
| Famous speech by Caliban after hearing music played by Ariel | Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises |
| haracter who overthrew his brother, Duke Senior, to seize control of the court | Duke Frederick |
| Daughter of Duke Senior, who is banished by Frederick | Rosalind |
| Frederick's own daughter who volunteers to go into exile with her cousin | Celia |
| Forest where Rosalind, Celia, and Orlando all eventually reunite | Forest of Arden |
| Character whose report of Frederick meeting "an old religious man" signals Frederick's repentance | Jaques |
| Character who starts as an innocent lover but develops into the primary antagonist in The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Proteus |
| Woman in Verona to whom Proteus swears faithfulness | Julia |
| Character whose father, the duke, is told about the plan to elope by Proteus | Silvia |
| Character who is disguised as Proteus's male page in the woods | Julia |
| Character entrusted with the rule of Vienna by Duke Vicentio | Angelo |
| Duke of Vienna who remains in the city disguised as "Friar Lodowick" | Duke Vicentio |
| Character arrested for fornication due to Angelo's enforcement of antiquated laws | Claudio |
| Novice nun who pleads for her brother Claudio's pardon | Isabella |
| Woman once betrothed to Angelo who takes Isabella's place in the "bed trick" | Mariana |
| Pirate whose head is presented to Angelo in the "head trick" to save Claudio's life | Ragozine |
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