Protagonist(s) Names Flashcards
Comedy of Errors
Antipholus of Syracuse
Taming of the Shrew
Katherine (female lead) and Petruchio (male lead)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Valentine and Proteus (both male); arguably Julia as female protagonist
Henry VI
Henry VI (male lead, Joan of Arc (female lead)
King John
King John (first half of the play), The Bastard (second half of the play)
Richard III
Richard III (both protagonist and villain, the play is a character study)
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus (tragic hero)
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo (male lead), Juliet (female lead)
Julius Caesar
Brutus
King of Navarre
King of Navarre (some argue Berowne)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hermia, Lysander, and Helena
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio (the titular merchant)
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
As You Like It
Rosalind
Twelfth Night
Viola
Richard II
Richard (tragic protagonist)
Henry IV
Prince Hal (later named Henry V)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Ford and Mistress Page (aka the Merry Wives)
Henry V
Henry V, Shakespeare’s own favorite king and the favorite of the English nation
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus
All’s Well That Ends Well
Helen
Measure for Measure
Isabella, Duke Vincentio (arguably)
Hamlet
Hamlet
Othello
Othello
King Lear
Lear
Macbeth
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony (arguably sole protagonist)
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens
Timon (protagonist of main plot), Alcibiades (protagonist of subplot)
Pericles
Pericles
Cymbeline
Imogen
The Winter’s Tale
Leontes, the king of Sicilia
The Tempest
Prospero
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Palamon
