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Protagonist(s) Names Flashcards

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Comedy of Errors

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Antipholus of Syracuse

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Taming of the Shrew

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Katherine (female lead) and Petruchio (male lead)

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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Valentine and Proteus (both male); arguably Julia as female protagonist

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Henry VI

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Henry VI (male lead, Joan of Arc (female lead)

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King John

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King John (first half of the play), The Bastard (second half of the play)

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Richard III

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Richard III (both protagonist and villain, the play is a character study)

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Titus Andronicus

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Titus Andronicus (tragic hero)

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Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo (male lead), Juliet (female lead)

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Julius Caesar

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Brutus

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King of Navarre

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King of Navarre (some argue Berowne)

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Hermia, Lysander, and Helena

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The Merchant of Venice

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Antonio (the titular merchant)

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Much Ado About Nothing

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Beatrice

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As You Like It

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Rosalind

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Twelfth Night

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Viola

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Richard II

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Richard (tragic protagonist)

17
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Henry IV

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Prince Hal (later named Henry V)

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Mistress Ford and Mistress Page (aka the Merry Wives)

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Henry V

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Henry V, Shakespeare’s own favorite king and the favorite of the English nation

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Troilus and Cressida

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Troilus

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All’s Well That Ends Well

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Helen

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Measure for Measure

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Isabella, Duke Vincentio (arguably)

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Hamlet

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Hamlet

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Othello

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Othello

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King Lear

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Lear

26
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Macbeth

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Macbeth

27
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Antony and Cleopatra

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Antony (arguably sole protagonist)

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Coriolanus

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Coriolanus

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Timon of Athens

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Timon (protagonist of main plot), Alcibiades (protagonist of subplot)

30
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Pericles

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Pericles

31
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Cymbeline

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Imogen

32
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The Winter’s Tale

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Leontes, the king of Sicilia

33
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The Tempest

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Prospero

34
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Henry VIII

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Henry VIII

35
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The Two Noble Kinsmen

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Palamon

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