Fate of William Shakespeare's title characters

Fate of title characters in plays by William Shakespeare

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Release date

October 2019

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1589-1611

Supplementary notes

For the purposes of this statistic, Henry IV and Henry VI are considered just one play each.
This statistic does not include unnamed title characters, such as "Antonio - The Merchant of Venice" or "Katharina - The Taming of the Shrew."
Murdered - Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry VI, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, Richard II, Richard III, Titus Andronicus.
Commits Suicide - Antony, Cleopatra, Othello, Romeo, Juliet, Timon of Athens (dies in self-imposed exile).
Survives - Cymbeline, Henry V, Henry VIII, Pericles, Triolus, Cressida
Dies naturally - Henry IV, King Lear (dies of grief/natural causes).

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