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113 Cards in this Set
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Tamora
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Queen of the Goths. Lover of Aaron. Marries Saturninus. Takes revenge for her son Alarbus' death. Killed by Titus.
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Aaron
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Villainous Moor; plots Lavinia's rape. Protective of bastard son.
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Marcus
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Brother to Titus, a Tribune. A family ally. Voice of reason.
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Chiron
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Younger son of Tamora, rapist of Lavinia. Made into a pastry.
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Demetrius
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Older son of Tamora. Made into a pastry.
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Lucius
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Surviving son of Titus. Banished for trying to free Quintus and Martius. Returns to Rome with Goth army and becomes new emperor.
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Lavinia
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Rejects Saturninus to marry Bassianus. Raped and mutilated by goth princes. Indicates her killers using a stick and her stumps. Killed by her father in the end.
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Saturninus
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The new emperor, older son of the old, crowned with Titus' help. Jealous of Titus' popularity. Kills Titus. Killed by Lucius.
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Bassianus
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The noble younger son of the old emperor. Marries Lavinia and is murdered by the Goth princes.
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How many sons does Titus have?
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25. 4 remain at the start of the play. All but 1 ultimately die. (Half the number of King Priam.)
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Alarbus
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Tamora's son, sacrificed according to Roman tradition.
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Mutius
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Titus' "mutinous" son, who he kills as Bassianus escapes with Lavinia. Marcus convinces Titus to let him be buried in the family plot.
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Quintus
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Titus' son, who follows his brother into the pit Aaron has led them to. Is blamed for the crime and executed despite the "ransom" of Titus' hand.
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The strange speech after the rape
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Comparison to Tereus and Philomel legend.
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Martius
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Titus' son who first stumbles into the pit. Executed for Bassianus' murder.
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O happy man! They have befriended thee. Why, foolish Lucius...
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dost thou not perceive that Rome is a wilderness of tigers? Tigers must prey, and Rome affords no prey but me and mine.
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Rosalind
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Crossdressing protagonist; calls herself Ganymede. Daughter of Duke Senior.
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Celia
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Rosalind's friend and cousin. Joins her in the forest of Arden as Aliena. Daughter of Duke Frederick.
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Jaques
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The melancholy noble. (Name a pun.) Removes himself to religious contemplation in the end.
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Duke Frederick
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The new duke, exiles Rosalind. Offstage conversion by a holy man as he was riding after the Duke Senior.
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Duke Senior
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The exiled old Duke, living in the Forest of Arden.
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Touchstone
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The court fool, follows the ladies. Time preoccupation. Woos Audrey at William's expense.
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Le Beau
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Courtier to Frederick.
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Charles
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An over-confident wrestler.
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Oliver
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Cranky older son of Sir Roland. Hates Orlando. Marries Celia after magic reconciliation.
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Orlando
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Love interest of Rosalind. Flees with Adam. Joins up with Duke Senior, scrawls love poems on trees, "practices" love with Ganymede.
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Phoebe
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Shepherdess who pursues Ganymede and ultimately agrees to marry Silvius.
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Silvius
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Love-struck Shepherd. Marries Phoebe in the end.
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Corin
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Elderly shepherd, first character met in the forest by the women, later mocked by Touchstone.
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Amiens
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Musical lord in the Duke Senior's forest court.
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Hymen
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God of love who shows up at the end to make things right.
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Richard II
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The divine king. A bit of a fancy lad. Makes a bunch of bad decisions and gets killed by the new Machiavellian order, demonstrating himself only by fighting.
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Henry Bolingbroke
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Agent of power and change. Charismatic leader. Challenges King's proxy to duel, is banished, comes back while the king is in Ireland. Pilgrimage after Henry's death.
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John of Gaunt
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Lancaster, father of Bolingbroke. Ignored prophesier of doom. Henry's decision to seize his property after Gaunt's death triggers his downfall.
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Bishop of Carlisle
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Loyal preacher of the divine right to rule.
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Exton
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The murderer of Richard II on a misinterpretation. Affords respect to the dead king for his resistance.
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Thomas Mowbray
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King's agent in the murder of Gloucester. After his exile, dies in a crusade.
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Duchess of Gloucester
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Wife of Gloucester (king's uncle) who tries to inspire Gaunt to vengeance.
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Edmund of York
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Richard's uncle, left in charge, nags Henry for his rebellion but eventually shifts sides after the peasant revolt. Turns in son Aumerle and his plot to the new king Henry.
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Aumerle / Rutland
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A loyalist to Richard, hoping heaven will support the right, and nearly joins rebellion against Henry.
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Isabel
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Richard's Queen. Flees to France after the rebellion.
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Northumberland
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A prime conspirator among the angry nobles, encourages Henry to return. Arrests bishop for treason
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Henry Percy Hotspur
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Son of Northumberland.
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Lord Ross
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Noble who conspires w/Northumberland.
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Lord Willoughby
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Noble who conspires w/Northumberland.
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Bagot
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A friend of Richard's who turns informer on Gloucester's death and survives.
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Fitzwater
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Cranky noble who challenges Aumerle in Parliament.
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Bushy
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Richard's buddy. Killed for misleading the king and making the queen cry (homosexuality?) and taxing Henry's stuff.
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Green
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Henry's advisor/friend, executed. Appeals to heaven for revenge.
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Oberon
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King of the Fairies. (Doubles Theseus.) Very much wants Titania to give up her kid. Instigates love-potion horseplay.
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Titania
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Queen of the Fairies. (Doubles Hippolyta.) Wants to hold on to her changeling.
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Bottom
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Rustic weaver, plays Pyramus, "loved" by Titania as an ass
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Robin Goodfellow
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Puck. Dark force of mischief.
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Peter Quince
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Leader of the rustics. Carpenter.
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Snug
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Rustic. Joiner. Plays the lion. Worried he'll scare the ladies.
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Theseus
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Mythological figure: Duke of Athens.
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Egeus
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Cranky old father of Hermia.
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Hippolyta
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Queen of the Amazons brought back as war booty.
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Lysander
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Lover of Hermia; plots flight to his rich old aunt, through the forest; enchanted to love Helena.
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Hermia
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Egeus' daughter, Lysander's lover, trying to escape Demetrius.
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Demetrius (Midsummer)
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Threw Helena aside to try and force the case on Hermia. Permanently enchanted to like Helena again.
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Helena
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Friend of Hermia, loves Demetrius, gives away their plot to flee.
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Flute
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Bellows-mender, plays Thisbe.
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Snout
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Tinker, plays the wall with its chink.
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Starveling
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Tailor, plays moonshine.
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Hamlet
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Moody prince of Elsinore
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Gertrude
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Queen, quickly posted to incestuous sheets
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Claudius
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Poisoning guilt-wracked king, stabbed by Hamlet in the end.
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Ophelia
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Hamlet's ersewhile love interest. Goes mad after her father's murder, drowns.
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Orsino
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Self-centered Duke, pining for Olivia.
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Olivia
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Noblewoman mourning her brother. Falls in love with "Cesario."
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Viola
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"Cesario." Twin of Sebastian.
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Maria
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Stacked servant of Olivia. Clever practical joker.
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Feste
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"Wise fool" of Olivia's household.
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Sir Toby Belch
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Drunkard and uncle to Olivia.
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Andrew Aguecheek
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Naive companion of Toby and wooer of Olivia.
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Antonio
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Sebastian's super good friend and sea captain/pirate.
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Sebastian
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Viola's twin brother. Marries Olivia on a misunderstanding.
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Malvolio
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Steward to Olivia. Puritan.
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Illyria
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Country in which Viola is stranded.
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Fabian
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Servant of Olivia sent to pacify Malvolio, who he wronged.
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Polonius
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Kooky old chief counselor and prattling advisor. Dead for a ducat.
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Laertes
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Son of Polonius. Very into his lil' sister. Poisons, is poisoned by Hamlet, they forgive each other at the end.
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Horatio
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Abstains from felicity for a while. Hamlet's great and loyal friend.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Minor characters: schoolfriends of Hamlet who are controlled by Claudius to investigate him and ultimately deliver him to his death.
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Fortinbras
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Son of a Norway King defeated by Old Hamlet. Gives hamlet a military funeral, order restoring figure at the end.
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Marcellus, Francisco, Bernardo
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Sentinels at Elsinore.
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Osric
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A foolish courtier who delivers Laertes' challenge.
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Reynaldo
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Sent to spy on Laertes in Paris by Polonius.
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The King of France
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Suffers from a fistula.
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Lafeu
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An old lord who speaks to the countess and convinces the king to let Helen cure him. Mercilessly mocks Paroles.
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Bertram
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Count of Roussillon, forced into marrying Helena, tricked into accepting her
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Helen
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An orphan, daughter of Gerard de Narbonne
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Gerard de Narbonne
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The famous physician, dies before the play
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Paroles
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Bertram's friend. Helps convince him to run away to war. A stuttering buffoon and dandy. Pretends to martial skill.
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The Countess
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of Roussillon; regrets to send her son off to court.
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All's Well's War
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Between the states of Florence and Siena. France is neutral at Austria's request.
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Withal, full oft we see
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cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.
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Our remedies
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oft in ourselves do lie which we ascribe to heaven. The fated sky gives us free scope, only doth backward pull our slow designs when we ourselves are dull.
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First/Second Lord Dumaine
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Brothers, wait on king. Leave to fight in war for the duke of Florence. Mock Bertram for staying behind. Trap Paroles and reveal his cowardice.
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Reynaldo (All's well)
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Servant of the Countess, overhears Helen speak of Bertram.
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Lavatch
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The clown, seeks marriage to Isbel
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Spurio
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of the Spinii, supposedly marked on his left cheek by Paroles
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Strange is it that our bloods
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of colour, weight, and heat, poured all together, would quite confound distinction, yet stands off in differences so mighty. (King to Bertram)
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Much fool may you find in you
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even to the world's pleasure and the increase of laughter. (Lavatch to Paroles)
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Make me but like my thoughts
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and I shall prove a lover of thy drum, hater of love. (Betram to Mars)
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Diana
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Woman of Florence, solicited by Paroles for Bertram.
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Mariana
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Diana's friend, who warns her against Paroles/Bertram's overtures.
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Widow of Florence
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Lodges Helen (disguised as Pilgrim). Mother of Diana.
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Antonio (All's well)
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The duke's eldest son, spied from the window with Escalus
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The web of our life is of
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a mingled yarn, good and ill together. (First Dumaine to Second Dumaine)
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Maudlin
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Lafeu's daughter, intended second wife of Bertram
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All yet seem well;
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and if it end so meet, the bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. (The King)
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