Dimsie from the series of Dimsie books.
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(Sarah) Gamp from Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby.
(She always carried an unbrella around that that is where the slang name gamp for an unbrella comes from).
(She always carried an unbrella around that that is where the slang name gamp for an unbrella comes from).
Iago is the villain (and the main character, measured by the number of lines spoken) of and in Othello.
^^Iago - surely being a well-known character and example of an "I", of the literary variety^^
^^Iago - surely being a well-known character and example of an "I", of the literary variety^^
Nerissa is Portia's maid in "The Merchant of Venice". She marries Gratiano. She disguises herself as a page when Portia disguises herself as a lawyer.
Queen, in Cymbeline, is the scheming wife of the title character, who attempts to manipulate events so that her son, Cloten, inherits the throne.
Sebastian is the twin brother of Viola in Twelfth Night.
He is often mistaken for her male persona, Cesario, and Olivia marries him under that misapprehension.
He is often mistaken for her male persona, Cesario, and Olivia marries him under that misapprehension.
Adam is a kindly old servant, rumoured to have been played by Shakespeare himself, in "As You Like It".
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