Lecture : 17

Topic:
Character, Quotation and similar literary works &
other important things
Part-01
 Class Highlights
 Analysis of previous questions.
 Famous characters from important literary works.
 Notable quotations from different literary works
and from renowned author.
 Similar literary works (i.e. similar name but
different genre and others)
 Quiz
 Summary & Review.
 Question and Answer.
 Character and Quotation

Analysis of previous questions:

1. “Sweet Helen make me immortal with a kiss”. The sentence has

been taken from the play- Doctor Faustus.
2. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name
would smell as sweet”- This line is said by Juliet to Romeo.
3. Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, Tis womann’s whole
existence. This is taken from the poem of- Lord Byron. (Don Juan)
4. “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’’ is
said by- Lady Macbeth.
5. ‘Where are the songs of springs? Aye, where are they? Think not
of them, thou hast thy music too.’ Who said this? – John Keats. //
Ode to Nightingale.
6. Central character of the ‘Wuthering Heights’ is- Heathcliff.
7. ‘’The Old order changeth, yielding place to new.’’ This line is
extracted from the poem- Morte’d Arthur.
8. To be, or not to be- that is the question, is a famous soliloquy
from- Hamlet.
9. ‘’Alone, alone, all, all alone, alone on a wide sea’’ is taken from the
poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
 Character and Quotation

Analysis of previous questions:

10. “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love. This line is
written by- John Donne. // Cannonization.
11. Othello gave Desdemona a Handkerchief as a token of love.
12. “Frailty thy name is woman” this line is taken from William
Shakespeare’s play- Hamlet.
13. “All at once, I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils.’’ is taken
from William Wordsworth's poem, I wandered lonely as a cloud.
14. One day women will have what has so long been denied them,
leisure, money, and room to themselves. This line is taken from
the writings of Virginia Woolf.
15. I have a dream that one day this nation will live out true meaning
of its creed that all men are created equal. This line is taken from
Martin Luther King.
16. If winter comes, can spring be far behind. These lines were
written by- Keats.
17. “Into the Valley of death rode the six hundred”. This line is taken
from the poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson.
 Character and Quotation

Analysis of previous questions:

18. “Justice delayed is justice denied’’ was stated by- William

Gladstone.
19. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ is taken from Shakespeare’s play-
As you like it.
20. Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player.' -This quote is taken
from- Macbeth.
21. “All changed, changed utterly, A terrible beauty is born.’’ This lines
are written by W.B. Yeats.
22. ‘Caliban’ is a character’ from the play, The Tempest.
23. ‘He prayeth best, who loveth best.’’ its taken from the poem, the
Rime of the ancient mariner by S.T. Coleridge.
24. “Oh, Lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud; I fall upon the thorns of life!
Bleed.” Ode to the West Wind by P.B. Shelley.
25. ''Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven'' is a famous quote
by- John Milton from his poem Paradise Lost.
26. “Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or
bad, but thinking makes it so”. This extract is taken from the
drama- Hamlet.
 Character and Quotation

Analysis of previous questions:

27. “Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive to seek,
to find, and not to yield” is taken from the poem written by- Alfred
Tennyson, found in his poem, Ulysses.
28. Hamlet was prince of Denmark.
29. Adela quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel, A
passage to India- written by E.M Forster.
30. The character, Shylock is found in the play, The Merchant of
Venice.
31. ‘Pip’ is the protagonist of the novel, Great Expectations.
32. “Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like
the sea”. These lines have been quoted from Dylan Thomas'
poem- Fern Hill.
33. Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the
topless towers of Ilium? Who speaks the famous lines?- Dr.
Faustus.
  Quiz
1. Caliban is a character in -–
ক) Macbeth
খ) Othello
গ) Hamlet
ঘ) The Tempest
 Famous characters in
English Literature

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এেস থােক:
• Romeo & Juliet
• Hamlet
• Macbeth
• Othello
• Tempest
• King Lear
• The Merchant of Venice
 Poems of John Keats
 Poems of P.B. Shelley
 Poems of Tennyson
 Poems of John Donne
 Poems of S.T. Coleridge
 Poems of Wordsworth
 Famous characters in
English Literature

িকছু গুরু�পূ নর্ সািহতয্কমর্, েযগুেলা েথেক �ায়ই Character & Quotation সং�া� ��
এেস থােক:
• Doctor Faustus
• Paradise Lost
• Don Juan
• Wuthering Heights
• A Passage to India
• A Tale of Two cities
• Great Expectations
• Oliver Twist
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 Romeo & Juliet:

Main Characters:
01. Juliet, 02. Romeo,
03. Count Paris, 04. Tybalt,
05. Friar Lawrence
06. Montague & Lady Montague
07. Capulet & Lady Capulet

 King Lear:
Main Characters:
1. King Lear
2. Goneril
3. Regan
4. Cordelia
5. Edgar
6. Edmund
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 The Tempest
Main Characters:
1. Prospero
2. Miranda,
3. Antonio
4. Caliban ( a slave)
5. Ferdinand
6. Gonzalo
7. Sycorax
Othello:
Main Characters:
1. 1. Othello A Moor (an African)
2. 2. Desdemona ( A noble Venetian lady)
3. 3. Cassio (Othello's lieutenant )
4. 4. Brabantio (A Venetian Senator, Desdemona's father)
5. 5. Roderigo (A Venetian nobleman in love with Desdemona)
6. 6. Iago ( Captain in the Army)
7. 7. Emilia (Iago's wife)
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 Hamlet
Main Characters:
1. Hamlet: Prince of Denmark 2. Claudius: King of Denmark
3. Gertrude: Queen of Denmark 4. Horatio: Friend of Hamlet.
5. Ophelia: Beloved of Hamlet. 6. The Ghost: Spirit of the late
7. King Hamlet
 Macbeth:
Main Characters:

1.Macbeth 2. Lady Macbeth

3. Banquo 4. Duncan
5. Macduff and Malcolm
6. Witches

 The Merchant of Venice:

Main Characters:
1. Antonio 2. Shylock
3. Portia 4. Bassanio
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 Doctor Faustus:
Main Characters: Mephistopheles, Lucifer, Doctor Faustus, Helen of
Troy, Bad Angel etc.

 Wuthering Heights:
Main characters: Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, Lockwood, Edger
Linton, Cathay Linton, Nelly etc.

 A Passage to India:
Main Characters: Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Cyril Fielding, Ronny
Heaslop, Mrs. Moore.

 Paradise Lost:
Main Characters: God, Adam , Eve, Gabriel, Satan , Raphael,
Beelzebub, Mammon and others.
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 Great Expectations:
Main Characters: Pip (Philip) , Joe Gargery, Abel Magwitch, Estella ,
Miss Havisham .

 A Tale of Two cities:

Main Characters:
• Doctor Alexandre Manette
• Lucie Manette
• Charles Darnay
• Sydney Carton
• Mr. Jarvis Lorry
• Jerry Cruncher
• Ernest Defarge
• Mr. Lorry

 Oliver Twist:
Main Characters: Olive, Fagin, Nancy
 Famous characters in
English Literature

 Great Expectations:
Main Characters: Pip (Philip) , Joe Gargery, Abel Magwitch, Estella ,
Miss Havisham .

 A Tale of Two cities:

Main Characters:
• Doctor Alexandre Manette
• Lucie Manette
• Charles Darnay
• Sydney Carton
• Mr. Jarvis Lorry
• Jerry Cruncher
• Ernest Defarge
• Mr. Lorry

 Oliver Twist:
Main Characters: Olive, Fagin, Nancy
 Literary works of Shakespeare: Great Plays: Tragedies

Important quotations form Hamlet:

 Frailty the name is Woman.
 All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.
 To be, or not to be that is the question.
 Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit.
 When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in
battalions.
  Literary works of Shakespeare: Great Plays: Tragedies

Othello:
 Important quotations:
- Men in rage strike those that wish them best.
- 'O, beware my lord of jealousy./It is the green-eyed
monster which doth mock/The meat it feeds on.
- The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
 Literary works of Shakespeare: Great Plays: Tragedies

 Important quotations:
- 'I am a man, more sinned against than sinning
- Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.
Similar Literary works
Similar Literary works
Similar Literary works
  Quiz
2. “Time held me green and dying Though I
sang in my chains like the sea”. These lines have
been quoted from Dylan Thomas' poem-
ক) Fern Hill
খ) The Flower
গ) By Fire
ঘ) After the Funeral
 Answer of the Quizzes
Quiz: 01 : Caliban is a character in -
Answer: The Tempest (play by William Shakespeare).

- The famous comedy of William Shakespeare is The Tempest.

- The important characters of this comedy is
• Prospereo,
• Caliban,
• Ariel,
• Miranda,
• Ferdinand etc.

Source: Britannica.com
 Answer of the Quizzes
Quiz: 02 : “Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains
like the sea”. These lines have been quoted from Dylan Thomas' poem-

Answer: Fern Hill.

কিবতা�ট এমন:
"In the moon that is always rising,
Nor that riding to sleep
I should hear him fly with the high fields
And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea."
Dylan Thomas:
-He is a British author. Also known as, Welsh poet and prose writer.
- His work is known for its comic exuberance, rhapsodic lilt, and pathos.
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