Adam : A
character in the Bible, also in `Paradise Lost' by Milton.
Aladdin : A well-known character in the `Arabian
Nights', in possession of the magic ring and lamp.
Alice : A little girl in `Alice in Wonderland' and
`Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carrol.
Ariel : In `The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, an
airy Spirit which is controlled by Prospero.
Anna Karenina : The heroine of the novel of the same
name by Leo Tolstoy.
Ancient Mariner : A character in the poem of the same
name by S. T. Coleridge, who describes his supernatural
experiences to the wedding guests.
Antonio : A character in `The Merchant of Venice' by
Shakespeare. Shylock the cruel money lender, is bent on
taking one pound of flesh from his body.
Bassanio : A friend of Antonio in `The Merchant of
Venice'.
Beatrix : Heroine in W. M. Thackeray's novel `Henry
Esmond'.
Beatrice : Heroine of Shakespeare's `Much Ado About
Nothing'. She plays a delightful role and is famous for her
witty dialogues.
Brutus Mercus : The historic character in `Julius
Caesar' of Shakespeare. He assassinates his friend Julius
Caesar, the Emperor of Rome.
Christian : An allegorical character and hero of `The
Pilgrim's Progress' of John Bunyan.
Clare : Hero of `Tess' by Thomas Hardy.
Cleopatra : The heroine of `Antony and Cleopatra' of
Shakespeare. She was the beautiful queen of Egypt. G. B.
Shaw also has dramatised her in his `Caesar and Cleopatra.'
Cordelia : The faithful and youngest daughter of Lear
in Shakespeare's play `King Lear'.
Desdemona : Faithful wife of Othello in Shakespeare's
drama `Othello'.
Don Quixote : A famous character in Cervente's novel
of the same name. He is an eccentric figure striking at a
windmill taking it for a giant.
Don Juan : A character in the poem of the same name
by Lord Byron.
Dushyanta : Husband of Shakuntala and the hero of the
play in Kalidasa's Abhigyan Shakuntlam'.
