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| bard |
the English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| Caliban |
a grotesque, brutish, half-human creature in the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. |
| Falstaff |
a fat, boisterous, boastful knight in Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. |
| hotspur |
(cap.) in Henry IV by William Shakespeare, a fierce, impetuous warrior. [1/2 definitions] |
| Juliet |
in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a girl whose love for Romeo, a youth from an enemy family, ends in both their deaths. |
| King Lear |
the title character and protagonist of a tragedy by William Shakespeare. |
| Macbeth |
the title character and protagonist of a tragedy by William Shakespeare. |
| Oberon |
in medieval English folklore and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, the king of the fairies and the husband of Titania. |
| Othello |
in a tragedy by William Shakespeare, the title character, who murders his wife in the mistaken belief that she has been unfaithful. |
| Romeo |
in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a youth whose love for Juliet, a girl from an enemy family, ends in both their deaths. [1/2 definitions] |
| Romeo and Juliet |
a tragic play about ill-fated young lovers, written by William Shakespeare. |
| Shylock |
in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, a ruthless moneylender. [1/2 definitions] |
| Stratford-on-Avon |
a town in central England that is William Shakespeare's birthplace and burial place; Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| Titania |
in medieval English folklore and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, the queen of the fairies and the wife of Oberon. |
| Troilus |
in The Iliad, a Trojan warrior, who also appears as the lover of a Trojan woman in medieval romances and Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare. |
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