Characters
This Twelfth Night protagonist is secretly a woman named Violet, who survived a shipwreck and believes her brother to be dead.
Who is Cesario?
The cubitus joint.
What is "elbow"?
First Witch: "When shall we three meet again? // In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
What is Macbeth?
The period of time in which the sun is furthest from the Earth.
What is winter? (The Winter's Tale)
"Et tu, Brutè?" (Julius Caesar, Act 3 Scene 1)
Who is Julius Caesar?
This woman is the mother of the Antipholus twins in The Comedy of Errors.
Who is Emilia the Abbess?
What is "impede"?
Orsino: "If music be the food of love, play on."
What is Twelfth Night?
A violent, windy storm.
What is a tempest? (The Tempest)
"To bed, to bed. There's knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come. Give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed." (Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1)
Who is Lady Macbeth?
In Henry IV Part I, this drunken knight claims to have killed Hotspur.
Who is Jack Falstaff?
Bland or uninspiring.
What is "lackluster"?
Egeon: "Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall, //
And by the doom of death end woes and all."
What is The Comedy of Errors?
A species of rodent, or a woman with a "sharp tongue".
What is a shrew? (The Taming of the Shrew)
"No, Percy, thou art dust, // And food for—" (Henry IV Part I, Act 5 Scene 4)
Who is Hotspur?
This villain has more lines than any other nontitle character.
Who is Iago?
Isolated.
What is "lonely"?
Sampson: "Gregory, on my word we'll not carry coals."
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Family members.
What are kinsmen? (Two Noble Kinsmen)
"Kill me tomorrow, let me live tonight." ... "But half an hour!" ... "But while I say one prayer!" (Othello, Act 5 Scene 2)
Who is Desdemona?
These two protagonists both have names meaning "blessed".
Who are Beatrice and Benedick?
A nitpicker.
What is "critic"?
Barnardo: "Who's there?"
What is Hamlet?
In Japan, those who held this profession were the lowest in the social hierarchy.
What is a merchant? (The Merchant of Venice)
"O, I am slain!" (Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 4)
Who is Polonius?