Commedia Dell'Arte

Question 1

Pantelone Description

Answer 1

Master (in the middle)
middle aged or elderly
Venetian Dialect
Stingy mean crule to servants
Boastful of his wealth
Over protective of worldly goods

Question 2

Describe Il Dottore

Answer 2

Master
Fat
Stupid man of learning
loves to show off all he supposedly knows
uses big words incorrectly
Bores people to death with his rambles

Question 3

Brighella

Answer 3

Head Servant
Cruel
Thrives on fighting but is hardly ever caught
leaves others to take the blame
Worships money and spends it on booze food and women

Question 4

Arlecchino

Answer 4

Servant
Talented acrobat
Roguish
Starved and beaten
beautiful girls help him when he is in trouble
Carries a slapstick