Can you name the Shakespeare characters from the clues given? by minac

Can you name the Shakespeare characters from the clues given?

created by minac

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Use logic and basic Shakespearean trivia to enter names without guessing. Adjacent cells neighbor each other horizontally,vertically and diagonally, sightlines are along all of these axis.
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A1
A2
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A4
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C3
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D1
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Shakespeare Logic Puzzle Quiz

by minac

Created Dec 25, 2012 in Literature
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	Tahnan:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 01:45 GMT		2 points
	Do you have an answer key written? Having filled in A1, A3, C4, D4, E4, I don't see how you can get any others--you've used A1 and D4, A3 doesn't tell you anything definite, C4 only tells you in vague terms who else is in the column (but not where they are), and E4 only tells you that Viola is in A4 or B4 (but not which one, and the fact that Hero can see all the woman from A3 doesn't help). Also, you misspelled "Orsino", which, pardon my saying, doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence in the rest of the quiz.

	minac:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 02:18 GMT		1 point
	Hey, I don't have an answer key up yet, but I can tell you that a LOT of the puzzle hinges on the clue in A3, including your next step. I rewrote C4 to clarify the lovers.

	Tahnan:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 02:39 GMT		0 points
	Wait--is part of the point of A3 that he can see only women? The fact that he can see all the women doesn't tell me anything about where the two lovers are...

	minac:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 02:48 GMT		1 point
	Hero can see all the women, so the only available slot for a man in column 3 is C2. I've posted a walkthrough and clarified some of the clues.

	mikeindex:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 07:55 GMT		1 point
	SPOILER ALERT. No doubt I'm missing something but I can't see how to get beyond 18 without guessing. At this point I have C1, A2, B2, D2, E2, C3 and A4 yet to fill. I have Celia in either A2 or A3, Miranda in A2 or A4, and IF Miranda is A4, Ferdinand in D2 or E2, but see no way of resolving the either/ors. I've consulted the walkthrough but Step 11 (which incidentally contains a typo) doesn't explain why Celia can't just as well be in B2 as A2.

	mikeindex:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 13:08 GMT		2 points
	PS @Tahnan: Hero's a she.

	FretfulP:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 15:12 GMT		1 point
	I would suggest rewording the clue in C2 to specify how many crossdressing women are in the puzzle. Otherwise, I think the only way to get Imogen is by guessing that there are more than two. This also resolves the impasse mikeindex describes above, since it means someone other than Celia has to be in B2.

	minac:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 16:26 GMT		1 point
	@mikeindex and FretfulP: The C2 clue has been reworded! and mike, if A3 is still available you missed the very first clue.

	doctrine_duke:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 22:26 GMT		0 points
	"All the women in column B crossdress" is still true if it's just Rosalind and Viola. None of your clues prevent B2 from being ANY non-Italian male, including Lear, but also Polonius for instance and tons of others.

	minac:	Dec 26th, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		2 points
	@doctrine: B2 has to be female as it's in a diagonal with A3.

	mikeindex:	Dec 27th, 2012 at 09:27 GMT		2 points
	By 'A2 or A3' I meant, of course, A2 or B2. Oops. And yes, the rewording of the C2 clue does clear up the problem!

	Hen1:	Jan 10th, 2013 at 08:29 GMT		1 point
	Point 5 on your walkthrough doesn't follow: unless C2 states that 'characters who crossdress are ONLY in column B', Viola could still be in A4 or B4.

	Hen1:	Jan 10th, 2013 at 08:38 GMT		1 point
	Also Point 14 - I don't see why Macbeth couldn't be in D2.

	kagomeshuko:	Mar 14th, 2013 at 07:03 GMT		1 point
	Can you put Shakespeare in the quizzes title?

	mikeindex:	Apr 8th, 2013 at 10:54 GMT		1 point
	Actually I think Hen1's right - the C2 clue does need to state both that all the women in Column B cross dress AND that there are no cross-dressers anywhere else (but @Hen1: Macbeth can't be in D2 because of the B4 clue).