Shakespeare Said - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Shylock, The Merchant of Venice. In act III, scene i, the moneylender explains that he is as human as a Jew as any Christian is.
• A2) Juliet, Romeo and Juliet. In act II, scene ii, the heroine professes her love for Romeo despite the feud between his family, the Montagues, and hers, the Capulets.
• A3) Malvolio, Twelfth Night. In act II, scene v, the Puritan is reading a forged letter, which he believes is from Olivia, the object of his desire.
• A4) King Lear, King Lear. In act I, scene iv, the title character summarizes one of the play's themes, complaining about his daughters.
• A5) Iago, Othello. In act III, scene iii, the villain ironically pretends to protect Cassio's reputation when the opposite is intended.
• A6) Jacques, As You Like It. In act II, scene vii, the college student, who doesn't even appear until late in the play, goes on to talk about the seven ages of man, from infancy to old age, which he refers to as "second childishness".
• A7) Lady Macbeth, Macbeth. In act V, scene i, the title character's wife has nightmares about the blood of the king whom her husband has murdered.
• A8) Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night. In act I, scene i, the Count of Illyria wishes that Olivia would return his love as the story opens.
• A9) King Henry V, Henry V. In act III, scene i, the title character urges his soldiers to attack the hole in the walls of Harfleur.
• A10) Antony, Julius Caesar. In act III, scene ii, the hero eloquently turns the crowd against the conspirators.
• A11) The Prince of Morocco, The Merchant of Venice. In act II, scene vii, Portia's failed suitor reads the note that explains that he has chosen the incorrect gold casket rather than the correct lead one and will not win Portia.
• A12) Polonius, Hamlet. In act I, scene iii, the king's adviser gives this generic life advice to his son Laertes, who is about to depart for France.

In act IV, scene iv, Helena, who has married Bertram against his wishes claims, "All's well that ends well still: the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is the renown." In a letter after he has gone to war rather than be with her, he promises to be her faithful husband if she can get him to wear his wedding ring and get pregnant by him. She therefore schemes to trick him into meeting his requirements.