The silver-tongued manipulators
Betrayers of crown and family
Antagonists in the grey area
Pure malice and chaotic forces
YOUR GOAL
Master of The villains of Shakespeare
schopenhauer Edmund rejects his family and the social order to seize power in King Lear.
schopenhauer Match each royal rogue to their plot to master the trivia of Shakespeare's plays.
The real Macbeth: The real King Macbeth of Scotland ruled successfully for 17 years and was actually considered a generous king.
A person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force. King Claudius exemplifies this by murdering his brother to seize the Danish throne in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
What sudden life-changing event causes the villainous Duke Frederick to give up his usurped crown in As You Like It?
In King Lear, which character does Edmund frame for plotting to murder their father, the Earl of Gloucester?
Which bumbling constable and his watchmen accidentally uncover Don John's plot in Much Ado About Nothing?
What is the name of the play-within-a-play that Hamlet uses to trap Claudius into revealing his guilt?
In King Lear, what is Edmund's status in his family that drives his resentment and ambition?
In Much Ado About Nothing, whom does Don John falsely accuse of being unfaithful on her wedding day?
Where does Duke Frederick banish his brother, Duke Senior, at the start of As You Like It?