Can you name the Shakespearean Lovers?

Male	Female	Play
Hamlet		Hamlet
Romeo		Romeo and Juliet
Benedick		Much Ado About Nothing
Othello		Othello
Petruchio		The Taming of the Shrew
Leontes		The Winter's Tale
Ferdinand		The Tempest
Orlando		As You Like It
Berowne		Love's Labour's Lost
Antony		Antony and Cleopatra
Lorenzo		The Merchant of Venice
Claudio		Much Ado About Nothing

Male	Female	Play
Florizel		The Winter's Tale
Demetrius		A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander		A Midsummer Night's Dream
Orsino		Twelfth Night
Sebastian		Twelfth Night
Macbeth		Macbeth
Duke of Albany		King Lear
Duke of Cornwall		King Lear
Hotspur		Henry IV Part One
Henry V		Henry V
Richard III		Richard III
Lucentio		The Taming of the Shrew
Antipholus (Comedy of Errors)	The Taming of the Shrew

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Shakespearean Lovers Quiz

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Created by: dan_hutton -
Contributed: September 28th, 2009
Published: April 15th, 2010
Category: Literature
Plays: 27,027

Tags: Shakespeare Quizzes, play, Editor Pick

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	Thalia:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 16:52 GMT	9 points
	Ahh, where are Troilus and Cressida? And I feel like the term "lovers" is used loosely here... for example, Goneril and Regan may be married to those guys, but they really aren't interested in them and end up falling for Edmund in King Lear.

	Jam1:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 17:29 GMT	2 points
	I've never actually read the play, but dosent Othello murder Desdemona?

	Fidelio:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 19:19 GMT	12 points
	Yes, Jam1, Othello murders Desdemona. But it's because he loved her so passionately that when he was (falsely) led to believe that she had been conning him all along it threw him into a murderous rage. So yeah, f**ked up relationship, but they were lovers all right.

	RebeccaAMax:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT	3 points
	So many Kates!

	Skydog:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 22:22 GMT	4 points
	Extraordinary Idea. Was expecting to get more than two, sadly Macbeth (easy given) and Romeo (another easy one). Love Shakespeare :)

	jbaongiuce:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 23:42 GMT	-1 points
	wish there were more characters from the merchant of venice!! and where's cordelia?

	brenlo:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 03:27 GMT	9 points
	Juliet should also count for Claudio because Claudio and Juliet are the lovers in Measure For Measure.

	bostoncane:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 03:28 GMT	1 point
	wow, I only got 6, and there was only one that I thought "shoulda known!" It might've been more fun if there was more medium difficulty.

	ChileNoseJam:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 11:01 GMT	1 point
	I'm not sure Macbeth and Lady Macbeth should count, since they're married they're not really "lovers". But otherwise, great quiz.

	Iscah:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 18:56 GMT	3 points
	A little disappointed not to see Portia and Bassanio along with Jessica and Lorenzo, and, like others, surprised by Lady Macbeth, Regan, and Goneril, who are female characters but not romantic characters by any means. Celia and Oliver, Maria and Sir Toby, and Oberon and Titania would perhaps be more appropriate choices. Nevertheless, I really like the idea and enjoyed the quiz.

	tamazin:	Apr 17th, 2010 at 07:34 GMT	4 points
	I agree that 'lovers' is a little ambiguous for a shakespearean quiz. Particularly with a midsummer night's dream, I mean, we know who everyone ends up with in the end, however everyone more or less throws down at some point in the play.

	gameboyguy13:	Apr 17th, 2010 at 13:41 GMT	2 points
	No love for Julius Caesar?

	RebeccaAMax:	Apr 19th, 2010 at 01:41 GMT	7 points
	If the column headings weren't "Male" and "Female," you could have had Antonio as another answer for Sebastian. Come on, it's totally there.

	mattrollins:	Apr 22nd, 2010 at 15:16 GMT	2 points
	@Jam1: Othello did kill Desdemona, but he really really loved her before Iago went putting crazy ideas in his head. @ChileNoseJam: Before they kill Duncan, the Macbeths do appear to have at least a very comfortable, close relationship where they talk to each other plainly and about anything--lovers? I guess.

	Tyrael:	Apr 22nd, 2010 at 22:42 GMT	2 points
	A quiz contrived and executed well, save only for some already mentioned omissions that you may have wanted to include.

	dan_hutton:	May 6th, 2010 at 16:45 GMT	3 points
	@Iscah, @ChileNoseJam, @Jam1 and @Thalia, although the characters you have mentioned may not clearly be lovers, there is definitely a passion behind their relationships. The Macbeths are deeply in love and there is a raw sexuality in their earlier scenes whilst Lear's daughters use their overt sexuality with their partners to gain power. Hope this is sufficient explanation. Thanks for all the comments everyone!

	tulliuscicero:	Aug 17th, 2010 at 15:09 GMT	2 points
	No Fenton or Posthumus? This nerd is ANGRY!

	Patrick_Greylock:	Apr 3rd, 2011 at 05:17 GMT	2 points
	I still think Antonio should work for Sebastian.

	everymanmeets:	Jul 12th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT	1 point
	I vote for Antonio and Bassanio.