Drama 112W Character Names

Othello

– Moorish general,Othello is a noble military leader but is tragically consumed by jealousy provoked by Iago

Desdemona

– Othello’s faithful wife, unjustly accused of infidelity

Iago

– Othello’s ensign and master manipulator, driven by envy and hate

Cassio

– Othello’s loyal lieutenant, framed by Iago

Emilia

– Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s maid; ultimately reveals Iago’s treachery

Roderigo

– Gullible suitor of Desdemona, easily manipulated by Iago

Brabantio

– Desdemona’s father, outraged by her secret marriage

Montano

– Former governor of Cyprus, wounded in Cassio’s drunken brawl

Duke of Venice

– Trusts Othello’s judgment as a military leader

Gratiano

– Brabantio’s brother, who arrives too late to stop the tragedy

Lodovico

– Venetian nobleman; cousin to Desdemona and observer of the play’s collapse

King Lear

– Aging monarch who misjudges truth and descends into madness

Cordelia

– Lear’s youngest daughter; honest, selfless, and loyal

Goneril

– Lear’s eldest daughter; deceitful and power-hungry

Regan

– Lear’s second daughter; equally ruthless and manipulative

Kent

– Loyal nobleman who disguises himself to serve Lear

Gloucester

– Loyal noble betrayed by his illegitimate son and blinded

Edgar

– Gloucester’s legitimate son who disguises himself as “Poor Tom”

Edmund

– Ambitious and deceitful illegitimate son of Gloucester

The Fool

– Lear’s jester; speaks truth through irony and humor

Albany

– Goneril’s husband; grows to condemn her cruelty

Cornwall

– Regan’s husband; brutal and violent, especially toward Gloucester

Oswald

– Goneril’s steward and loyal enforcer

Curan

– Minor courtier who spreads rumors

Doctor

– Attends Lear and witnesses his mental deterioration

Macbeth

– Brave general whose ambition leads to murder and tyranny

Lady Macbeth

– Ambitious wife who manipulates Macbeth and later descends into madness

Banquo

– Macbeth’s friend and moral contrast; his prophecy dooms him

Fleance

– Banquo’s son who escapes Macbeth’s assassination attempt

King Duncan

– Benevolent Scottish king murdered by Macbeth

Malcolm

– Duncan’s eldest son and eventual savior of Scotland

Donalbain

– Duncan’s younger son who flees tragically

Macduff

– Thane of Fife who leads the rebellion against Macbeth

Lady Macduff

– Macduff’s wife, victimized by Macbeth’s tyranny

The Three Witches

– Supernatural figures who plant prophecies for Macbeth

Hecate

– Queen of witches; criticizes prophecies that mislead Macbeth

Ross

– Scottish noble and messenger of key events

Lennox

– Nobleman who grows suspicious of Macbeth

Angus

– Nobleman who sides with Malcolm against tyranny

Menteith – Nobleman in rebellion against Macbeth

– Nobleman in rebellion against Macbeth

Caithness

– Nobleman opposing Macbeth’s rule

The Porter –

Provides darkly comedic relief; likens the castle to hell

Seyton

– Macbeth’s servant who announces Lady Macbeth’s death

Siward

– English general who aids Malcolm

Young Siward

– Siward’s son, killed by Macbeth in combat

Mark Antony

– Roman general torn between loyalty to Rome and passion for Cleopatra

Cleopatra

– Queen of Egypt; charismatic, proud, and politically intelligent

Octavius Caesar

– Antony’s rival; politically cold and calculating

Lepidus

– Weakest member of the triumvirate, overshadowed by Antony and Caesar

Enobarbus – Antony’s loyal friend, conflicted by guilt, dies from it

– Antony’s loyal friend, conflicted by guilt, dies from it

Charmian

– Cleopatra’s maid who dies loyally beside he

Iras

– Another maid of Cleopatra; also perishes in loyalty

Alexas

– Cleopatra’s messenger, executed for misjudging Caesar

Dolabella

– Roman who sympathizes with Cleopatra’s fall

Thidias

– Caesar’s envoy humiliated by Antony

Agrippa

– Caesar’s military commander

Maecenas

– Caesar’s political advisor

Sextus Pompey

– Naval rebel defeated by the triumvirs

Ventidius

– Antony’s loyal and brave general

Scarrus

– Soldier under Antony’s command

Eros

– Antony’s servant, kills himself under orders

Caius Martius Coriolanus

– Proud Roman war hero undone by pride and democratic contempt

Volumnia

– His politically cunning mother, fiercely patriotic

Menenius Agrippa

– Senator and mediator; father figure to Coriolanus

Aufidius

– Volscian general and Coriolanus’s rival who ultimately kills him

Virgilia

– Coriolanus’s devoted and gentle wife

Valeria

– Friend of Virgilia; upholds Roman feminine solidarity

Cominius

– Roman general and supporter of Coriolanus

Brutus

– Tribune who helps exile Coriolanus using public opinion

Sicinius

– Tribune who aids Brutus’s political machinations

Lieutenants of Aufidius

– Voice skepticism of Coriolanus within enemy ranks

Young Martius

– Coriolanus’s son, appears in final plea for peace

Roman Citizens

– Chorus-like group reflecting changing public sentiment

Roman Senators

– Representatives of patrician interests and law

Leontes

– King of Sicilia; jealousy results in tragedy then redemption

Hermione

– Queen wrongfully accused of adultery and later vindicated

Perdita

– Their lost daughter, raised by a shepherd, symbolizing renewal

Polixenes

– King of Bohemia and Leontes’s friend, wrongly doubted

Camillo

– Loyal courtier defying Leontes and protecting Polixenes

Paulina

– Hermione’s defender; reveals the statue and oversees her return

Antigonus

– Paulina’s husband, leaves Perdita and dies in “bear” scene

Shepherd

– Finds and raises Perdita

Clown

– Shepherd’s comedic son

Florizel

– Polixenes’s son who falls in love with Perdita

Autolycus

– Rogue peddler and thief; comedic commentator

Dion

– Sicilian lord supporting Hermione’s innocence

Cleomenes

– Sicilian noble allied with Hermione

Mopsa

– Shepherdess at the sheep-shearing festival

Dorcas

– Shepherdess; involved in comic rivalries at the festival

Oracle of Delphi

– Divine voice that clears Hermione’s name