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List of Characters of Plays in Second Half
Characters and the plays that they come from. All of them since the Midterm.
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Undergraduate 2
12/16/2013
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Term
Primus Pastor: Coll
 Definition
  • Second Shepherds Play
  • Author: The Wakefield Master
  • finds the sheep
  • complains about the cold
Term
Secundus Pastor: Gyb
 Definition
  • Second Shepherds Play
  • Author: The Wakefield Master
  • Wants to go to Bethlehem
  • has a shrewish wife
  • talks second in play
Term
Tertius Pastor: Daw
 Definition
  • Second Shepherds Play
  • Author: The Wakefield Master
  • The younguest shepherd
  • Does not trust Mak
Term
Mak
 Definition
  • Second Shepherds Play
  • Author: The Wakefield Master
  • poor, dishonest man
  • steals shepherds sheep
  • husband to Gill
Term
Gill
 Definition
  • Second Shepherds Play
  • Author: The Wakefield Master
  • Mak's wife
  • Shrewish
  • Wraps sheep in cloth like the "lamb of god"
Term
Basil
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • King of Poland
  • Father of Segismund
  • Afraid of prophecy from astrologer that Segismund would bring great harm to the Kingdom
Term
Segismund
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • Son of Basil
  • Prince of Poland
  • Prisoner since infancy in a tower
  • Love triangle with Rosaura and Astolfo
Term
Clotaldo
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • A Nobleman
  • Segismund's main captor, oversees his prison, his jailkeeper
  • Raised and taught Segismund
Term
Astolf
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • Duke of Muscovy
  • Possible heir to the Polish throne
  • cousin to Segismund
  • Abandoned Rosaura
  • Love Triangle with Rosaura and Segismund
Term
Stella
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • A Princess
  • Possible heir to Polish throne
Term
Rosaura
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • A young Russian woman
  • Accidentally discovers Segismund
  • Disguises herself as a man
  • Servant is Clarion
  • Love Triangle with Segismund and Astolf
Term
Clarion
 Definition
  • Life is a Dream
  • Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • Rosaura's servant
  • Clown of the story
  • Dies
Term
Orgon
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Husband of Elmire
  • Son to Madame Pernelle
  • Loves and Respects Tartuffe
  • Being tricked by Tartuffe
  • Father of Marianne and Damis
Term
Elmire
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Wife to Orgon
  • Sees through Tartuffe's trickery
  • Lures Tartuffe into a trap
Term
Damis
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Son of Orgon
  • Brother to Mariane
  • Disinherited
  • Tries to prove Tartuffe as a hypocrite
Term
Madame Pernelle
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Mother to Orgon
  • Tricked by Tartuffe
  • Worships Tartuffe until revealed to his ways
Term
Mariane
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Daughter of Orgon
  • Betrothed to Valere
  • Forced to marry Tartuffe by her father
Term
Valere
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Betrothed to Mariane
  • Rejected by Orgon in favor of Tartuffe
Term
Cleante
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Orgon's Brother-in-Law
  • The Reasonable character
Term
Tartuffe
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • A Religious Hypocrite
  • Weasels his way into Orgon and Madame Pernelle's confidence
  • Betrays Orgon for lusting for his wife
Term
Dorine
 Definition
  • Tartuffe
  • Author: Moliere
  • Mariane's maid
  • Functions as a manipulator
  • And a commentator
Term
Phaedra
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Wife of Theseus
  • Yearns for/ falls in love with Hippolytus
  • Step-son of Phaedra
  • Through her nurse, Oneone, she falsely accuses Hyppolytus of attempted rape
  • After death of Hippolytus she confesses her deception
  • Kills herself
Term
Theseus
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Son of Aegus
  • King of Athens
  • Father of Hippolytus
  • Husband to Phaedra
  • Claimed to be dead
  • Returns after being away from a long time
  • Calls upon Neptune to exact revenge on his son for "raping" his wife
Term
Hippolytus
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Son of Theseus and Antiope (Queen of the Amazons)
  • Loves Aricia
  • Killed by a sea-monster that his father asked Neptune to summon to murder him
  • Denies the advances of Phaedra
Term
Aricia
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Princess of Africa
  • In love with Hippolytus
  • Once a captive of Thesus
Term
Oneone
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Nurse of Phaedra
  • Her evil advisor
  • Used by Phaedra to accuse Hippolytus of attempted rape
  • Conniving
Term
Theramenes
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Tutor of Hippolytus
  • Brings news of his death
Term
Ismene
 Definition
  • Phaedra
  • Author: Jean Racine
  • Friend of Aricia
  • Convinces her Hippolytus does love her
Term
Fernan Gomez de Guzman
 Definition
  • Fuenteovejuna
  • Author: Lope de Vega Carpio
  • Commander of the Order of Calatrava
  • Exhibits sexual control over the women
  • His Retainers: Flores & Ortuno
Term
Rodrigo Tellez Giron
 Definition
  • Fuenteovejuna
  • Master of the Order of Calatrava
  • Character written by Lope De Vega Carpio
Term
Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand
 Definition
  • Fuenteovejuna
  • Author: Lope de Vega Carpio
  • Woman of Castile; Man of Aragon
  • Taken from history of Spain
Term
Shite
 Definition
  • Atsumori
  • Author: Zeami Motokiyo
  • Act 1: Grass cutter without a mask
  • Act 2: The masked ghost of Atsumori
  • Noh Play
Term
Companions
 Definition
  • Atsumori
  • Author: Zeami Motokiyo
  • Two or three maskless grass cutters
  • Characters written by Zeami Motokiyo
  • Noh play
Term
Waki
 Definition
  • Atsumori
  • Author: Zeami Motokiyo
  • Rensho (or Renshei)
  • The priestly name of Kumagae (or Kumagai) no Jiro Naozane
  • The man who killed Atsumori in battle
  • Feels guilty for killing him
  • Encounters his ghost in Act 2, assumes that he is dreaming
  • Noh Play
Term
Kyogen
 Definition
  • Atsumori
  • Author: Zeami Motokiyo
  • A Local Man
  • Comic actor who performed in noh drama during the interlude between acts
  • Noh Play
Term
Chorus
 Definition
  • Atsumori
  • Author: Zeami Motokiyo
  • Noh drama
  • eight to ten members seated at stage left
  • Musicians with a flute and two hand drums seated at the back of the stage
  • Two attendants seated at the back of the stage, stage right of instruments
Term
Mistress Cai
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • A widow
  • Lends out money
  • Raises and renames Dou Tianzhang's daughter
  • Named the kid Dou E
  • Doctor Lu tries to strangle her
  • Saved by Old Zhang and Donkey
  • Chinese Theatre
Term
Dou Tianzhang
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • Chinese Theatre
  • A poor scholar
  • Later a government inspector
  • Father of the renamed Dou E
Term
Dou E
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • Chinese Theatre
  • Dou Tianzhang's daughter
  • Sold by her father to Mistress Cai
  • Donkey wants to marry her
Term
Doctor Lu
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • Chinese Theatre
  • Owes Mistress Cai money
  • Runs a pharmacy
  • Tries to strangle Mistress Cai
Term
Old Zhang
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • Chinese Theatre
  • A Widow
  • Father of Donkey
  • Wants to marry Mistress Cai as his second wife
  • Poisoned by soup that is meant for Mistress Cai that is poisoned by Donkey
Term
Donkey
 Definition
  • Snow in Midsummer
  • Author: Guan Hanqing
  • Chinese Theatre
  • Son of Old Zhang
  • Wants to marry Dou E
  • Attempts to poison Mistress Cai
  • Framed Dou E for murder of Old Zhang
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