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A category containing female characters in William Shakespeare's works. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. H.
Hermia is caught in a romantic entanglement where she loves one man, Lysander, but is being courted by another, Demetrius, whose feelings she does not return. Though she loves Lysander, Hermia's father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius and has appealed to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, for support.
Numerous characters are clowns, or are comic characters originally played by the clowns in Shakespeare's company. See also Fool and Shakespearian fool. A cobbler and a carpenter are among the crowd of commoners gathered to welcome Caesar home enthusiastically in the opening scene of Julius Caesar. Cobweb is a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Women in Shakespeare is a topic within the especially general discussion of Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic works. Main characters such as Dark Lady of the sonnets have elicited a substantial amount of criticism, which received added impetus during the second-wave feminism of the 1960s.
Female Shakespearean characters (2 C, 48 P) M. Male Shakespearean characters (1 C, 130 P) S. Shakespeare villains (1 C, 16 P) Shakespearean characters by work (8 C, 1 P)
[10] In the 2002 film A Midsummer Night's Rave, the character Elena, who is portrayed by Lauren German, corresponds to Helena. [11] In Emma Rice's 2016 production at Shakespeare's Globe in London, the gay hero Helenus was played by Ankur Bahl. [12]
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See the other part of a character's title where "Roman" is used as an adjective (e.g. see "Captain" for "Roman Captain"). See also Citizen, which is Shakespeare's more usual description for unnamed Romans. Similarly, see Plebeians, Senators, Tribunes; Romeo is a title character in Romeo and Juliet.