CHARACTERS (FAMOUS) IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 124

 prof.Abdelhamid Fouda 

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1. Absolute, Sir Anthony; a famous character in Sheridan’s The Rivals. He is an old gentleman with a warm heart. He is one of the most popular characters in English comedy. 

2. Adams, Parson; a village parson in Fielding’s Joseph Andrews.  He is a very pious and simple-hearted fellow. He is utterly ignorant of the ways of the world. He is the chief source of humour in the novel. 

3. Admirable Crichon; a butler in J. M. Barries’s famous fantasy play of the same title. 

4. Agnes; the daughter of Mr. Wick field, the lawyer, in Dickens’ David Copperfield.         After Dora’s death she becomes David Copperfield’s wife. 

5. Little Emily; Pegotty’s niece who is betrothed to Ham but elopes away with Steer forth in Dickens’ novel David Copperfield. 

6. Alice; a little girl in Lewis Carols’ Alice in Wonderland   and Through the looking Glass. 

7. Allworthy; A charitable gentleman in Fielding’s Tom Jones. He brings Tom Jones up and discovers later on that he is the son of his sister. 

8. Almayer; The hero of Joseph Conrad’s novel Almayer’s Folly. He is an English man in Malaya. 

9. Amelia; The heroine of Fielding’s novel of the same title. She is also a character in Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair. 

10. Ancient Mariner; The hero of Coleridge’s famous poem The Rime of ancient Mariner. He brings a curse upon himself and his ship-mates by killing an Albatross.

11. Andrews, Joseph; The hero of Fielding’s novel Joseph Andrews.

12. Antonio; The merchant in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.  He stands a trial for ‘a pound of flesh’ demanded by Shylock.

13. Qassanio; The person who marries Portia in Shakespear’s Merchant of Venice.

14. Arden, Enoch; The hero of Tennyson’s famous poem of the same title. He returns home after a long absence on sea voyages and finds his wife happily married to another person. He keeps the secret in his heart and dies broken-hearted.  

15. Ariel; A spirit in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He is also chief spirit in the Rape of the Lock. 

16. Blinda; The beautiful heroine of the Rape of the Lock.

17. Ashton lucy; The heroine of Scott’s Bride of the Lammermoor.

18. Backbite, Sir Benjamin; A scandalmonger in Sheridan’s The School for Scandal.

19. Banquo; He is in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. He is murdered on Macbeth’s instigation and his ghost haunts Macbeth. 

20. Barkis; a coach driver in Dickens’ David Copperfield. He marries Pegotty. He is a very miserly fellow. 

21. Dora; The child wife of David Copperfield in Dickens’ novel of the same name.( David Copperfield)

22. Beatrice; The heroine of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. 

23. Benedick; The chief character in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. He marries Beatrice. 

24. Bede, Adam; The hero of George Eliot’s novel of the same title. 

25. Belch, sir Toby; One of the minor characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. He is Olivia’s uncle and is given to drinking. He marries Maria for her cleverness. 

26. Bennet, Elizabeth; The young and charming heroine of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice.

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28. Bottom, Nick; The Chief comic character in Shakespeare’s A Mid Summer Night’s Dream.

29. Bridehead Sue; The heroine of Hardy’s novel Judo the Obscure.

30. Brown Father; The Roman Catholic priest in G. K. Chesterton’s Wisdom of Father Brown.  His hobby is criminology.

31. Brutus, Marcus; A Roman patriot in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

32. Caliban; A malignant monster in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.   He is the servant of Prospero. 

33. Candida; The heroine of G, B. Shaw’s play of the same name. She is the wife of Morell. 

34. James Carker;The head clerk of Mr. Dombey in Dickens’s Dombey and son.  He elopes (runaway with paramour/ sweetheart) with his master’s wife, but is accidentally killed. 

35. Dombey Mr.; A money loving and cruek merchant in  Dickens’s Dombey and son.

36. Madame Defarge; An important woman character in Dickens’ historical novel A tale of Two Cities

37. Sydney Carton; The hero of Dickens’s novel A tale of Two Cities who sacrifices his life for the sake of his beloved Lucy Maanette.

38.  Cassio; Whom Othello suspects to be in love with his wife Desdemona. 

39. Cassias; One of the conspirators in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. 

40. Lady Chatterley; The heroine of D. H. Lawrence’s famous Lady Chatterley’s Lover.  She is a woman of passionate nature. 

41. Child Harold; The hero of Byron’s poem of the same title. 

42. Christable; The heroine of Coleridge’s incomplete poem of the same title. 

43. Martin Chuzzlewit;  The hero of Dickens’ novel of the same name. 

44. Angel Clare; The hero of Hardy’s novel Tess of D ‘Urbervilles. 

45. D’Urberville, Alec; The man who seduces Tess in Hardy’s novel Tess of D‘Urbervilles.

46. Claudius; Hamlet’s uncle and king of Denmark who usurps his brother’s kingdom and marries his wife after murdering him. 

47. Cleopatra; The beautiful heroine of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Dryden’s All for Love, and Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra. She is the Queen of Egypt.

48. Humphrey /clincker; The hero of Smollett’s novel of same name.

49. David Copperfield; The hero  of Dickens’ novel of  same name. 

50. Dick Mr. A solicitor in Dickens’ novel David Copperfield.

51. Cordelia; The youngest daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Lear. She is the symbol of devotion and unselfish love.

52. Sir Roger de Coverley; The old gentleman representing the countryside in the Spectator by Addison and Steele. 

53. Mr. Creakle; The famous cruel Head Master of a school in Dickens’ novel David Copperfield. 

54. Cymberline; King  of the England in Shakespeare’s Drama in the same name.

55. Darcy, Fitzwilliam;  An aristocratic young man of strong prejudices in Jane Austen’s famous novel Pride and Prejudice. 

56. Desdemona; The young and beautiful heroine of Shakespeare’s treat tragedy Othello.

57. Emilia; Iago’s wife in Shakespeare’s Othello.

58. Gavin Dishart; The hero of  J. M. Barrie’s play Little Minister.

59. William Dobbin; A  shy young man Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair.

60. Quentin Donward; The hero of Scott’s famous romance of the same name.

61. Esmond, Beatrix; The heroine of Thackeray’s novel Henry Esmond.

62. Estella; The young heroine of Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. 

63. Bathsheba Everdene; The heroine of Hardy’s novel Far From the Madding Crowd.

64. Jane Eyre; The young heroine of Charlotte Bronte’s novel of the same title. 

65. Faithful; The companion of Christian in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. 

66. Sir John Falstaff;  The most famous comic character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, part I & II. 

67. Dr. Faustus; The hero of Marlowe’s famous play of the same name. He sells his soul to the Devil. 

68. Ferdinand; The hero of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He marries Prospero’s daughter Miranda.  

69. Richard Feveral; The hero of Meredith’s novel Ordeal of Richard Feveral.

70. Moll Falnders; The heroine of Defoe’s novel of the same name. She is a notorious Harlot and jail bird. 

71. Friday Man; A savage servant of Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. 

72. Sir Galahad; One of the knights of King Arthur’s Round table. Tennyson has written a poem ‘Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail’. 

73. Mrs. Sarah Gamp; A nurse in Dickens’ novel Marlin Chuzzlewit. She always carries an umbrella with her.

74. Sir Charles Grandison; The hero of Richardson’s novel of the same title. 

75. Dorian Gray; An accomplished sensualist (Ayash, Nafsparast) in Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray.

76. Vivian Grey; A clever young man in Disraeli’s novel of the same title. 

77. Guinvere; King Arthur’s wife who loves another knight, sir Launcelot. She appears in most of the Arthurian legends and in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. 

78. Lemuel Gulliver; The hero of Swift’s famous satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels. 

79. Hamlet; The hero of Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name. 

80. Horatio; Hamlet’s devoted friend in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

81. Mr. & Mrs. Hardcastle;  The husband and wife in Goldsmith’s hilarious (Mirthful, Merry) comedy She Stoops to Conquer.

82. Clarissa Harlow; The young heroine of Richardson’s novel of the same name. 

83. Hasing; The lover of Miss Neville in Goldsmith’s comedy, She Stoops to Conquer. 

84. Miss Havisham; an old spinster (a woman of evil character) in Dickens’ novel Great Expectations.  She has adopted Estella to break the hearts of young men. 

85. Jim Hawkin’s’; The hero of Stevenson’s novel The Treasure Island.

86. Heathcliff; The hero of Emile Bronte’s famous novel Wuthering Heights.

87. Uriah Heep; The villain and hypocrite in Dickens’ novel David Copperfield.

88. Michael Hwenchard; The hero of T. Hardy’s great tragic novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. 

89. Sherlock Holmes; The famous detective (Spy) in Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and detective stories. 

90. Captain Hook; The chief pirate in J. M. Barrie’s fantasy (Whimsical, Imagination) play Peter Pan. 

91. Iaclimo; The villain in Shakespeare’s tragedy Cymbeline. 

92. Iago; The famous villain in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello.

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94. Imogen; The unhappy wife of posthumous in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.

95. Ivanhoe; The hero of Scott’s novel of the same title. 

96. Jacques; A melancholy lord in Shakespeare’s play As You Like It.

97. Dr. Jekyll; The noble doctor in R. L. Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

98. Jessica; Shylock’s daughter who elopes with Lorenzo in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.

99. Lord Jim; The hero of Joseph Conrad’s novel of the same name. 

100. Tom Jones; The hero of H. Fielding’s famous novel of the same name. 

101. Fawley Jude; The hero of T. Hardy’s novel Jude the Observe.

102. Juliet; The heroine of Shakespeare’sfamous love tragedy  Romeo & Juliet.

103. Kim;  He is the hero of Kipling’s novel of the same name. An orphan boy of an Irish soldier.

104. Kipps; The hero of H. G. Wells novel of the same name. 

105. Lady of the Lake, the: A beautiful enchantress in Tennyson’s poem Idylls of the King.  

106. Lady of Shallot, The; The heroine of Tennyson’s poem of the same title. 

107. Lydia languish;  The young heroine of Sheridan’s comedy  The Rivals.

108. King Lear; The hero of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of the same name.

109. Little Dorrit; The heroine of Dickens’ novel of the same name. 

110. Little Nell’; The child heroine of Dickens’ novel Old Curiosity Shop.

111. Robert Lovelace; The heartless hero of Richardson’s novel Clarissa Harlowe.

112. Tony Lumpkin; The mischievous (hurtful, Harketi) young man in Goldsmith’s comedy She Stoops to Conquer. 

113. Macbeth; The hero of Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name.

114. Mad Hatter; An interesting character whom alice meets in Lewis Carrole’s novel Alice in Wonderland. 

115. Mrs. Malaprop; A lady notorious for misusing words in Sheridan’s comedy  The Rivals.

116. Malvolio;  Olivia’s steward in Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night. 

117. Markheim; The hero of R. L. Stevenson’s psychological story of the same title.

118. Silas Marner; The hero of George Eliot’s novel of the same name.   

119. Mephistophles; The devil-atendant upon Dr. Faustus in Marlowe’s famous play Dr. Faustus.

120. Merlin; The famous magician in the legends connected with King Arthur. 

121. Mr. Wilkins Micawber; A humours character in Dickens’ novel David Copperfield.  He is always waiting for something to turn up.

122. Miranda; The heroine of Shakespeare’s dramatic romance The Tempest.  She is the daughter of Prospero. 

123. Mowgli; A little Hindu boy is the hero of Kipling’s Jungle books. 

124. Nicholas Nickelby; The hero of Dickens’ novel of the same title.