Protagonist(s) Names

Question 1

Comedy of Errors

Answer 1

Antipholus of Syracuse

Question 2

Taming of the Shrew

Answer 2

Katherine (female lead) and Petruchio (male lead)

Question 3

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Answer 3

Valentine and Proteus (both male); arguably Julia as female protagonist

Question 4

Henry VI

Answer 4

Henry VI (male lead, Joan of Arc (female lead)

Question 5

King John

Answer 5

King John (first half of the play), The Bastard (second half of the play)

Question 6

Richard III

Answer 6

Richard III (both protagonist and villain, the play is a character study)

Question 7

Titus Andronicus

Answer 7

Titus Andronicus (tragic hero)

Question 8

Romeo and Juliet

Answer 8

Romeo (male lead), Juliet (female lead)

Question 9

Julius Caesar

Answer 9

Brutus

Question 10

King of Navarre

Answer 10

King of Navarre (some argue Berowne)

Question 11

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Answer 11

Hermia, Lysander, and Helena

Question 12

The Merchant of Venice

Answer 12

Antonio (the titular merchant)

Question 13

Much Ado About Nothing

Answer 13

Beatrice

Question 14

As You Like It

Answer 14

Rosalind

Question 15

Twelfth Night

Answer 15

Viola

Question 16

Richard II

Answer 16

Richard (tragic protagonist)

Question 17

Henry IV

Answer 17

Prince Hal (later named Henry V)

Question 18

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Answer 18

Mistress Ford and Mistress Page (aka the Merry Wives)

Question 19

Henry V

Answer 19

Henry V, Shakespeare’s own favorite king and the favorite of the English nation

Question 20

Troilus and Cressida

Answer 20

Troilus

Question 21

All’s Well That Ends Well

Answer 21

Helen

Question 22

Measure for Measure

Answer 22

Isabella, Duke Vincentio (arguably)

Question 23

Hamlet

Answer 23

Hamlet

Question 24

Othello

Answer 24

Othello

Question 25

King Lear

Answer 25

Lear

Question 26

Macbeth

Answer 26

Macbeth

Question 27

Antony and Cleopatra

Answer 27

Antony (arguably sole protagonist)

Question 28

Coriolanus

Answer 28

Coriolanus

Question 29

Timon of Athens

Answer 29

Timon (protagonist of main plot), Alcibiades (protagonist of subplot)

Question 30

Pericles

Answer 30

Pericles

Question 31

Cymbeline

Answer 31

Imogen

Question 32

The Winter's Tale

Answer 32

Leontes, the king of Sicilia

Question 33

The Tempest

Answer 33

Prospero

Question 34

Henry VIII

Answer 34

Henry VIII

Question 35

The Two Noble Kinsmen

Answer 35

Palamon