Margaret

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Margaret is a witty and flirtatious gentlewoman in Shakespeare’s comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," whose unwitting involvement in a deception helps drive the play’s central conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
fictional character
fictionalized Italian city
play
supporting character
appearsIn Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
appearsInAct Act II of Much Ado About Nothing
Act III of Much Ado About Nothing
Act V of Much Ado About Nothing
associatedWithLocation Messina
author William Shakespeare
contributesTo central conflict of Much Ado About Nothing
createdBy William Shakespeare
dramaticFunction catalyst for misunderstanding
comic relief
firstPerformanceContext early 17th-century English stage
gender female
genreContext comedy
inRelationshipWith Borachio
interactsWith Beatrice
Benedick
Claudio
Don Pedro
involvedIn deception of Claudio
plot of Don John
languageOfCharacter Early Modern English
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
mediumOfOrigin stage play script
occupation gentlewoman
personalityTrait flirtatious
lively
witty
relationshipDynamic banters with Beatrice
teases Benedick
relationshipTypeWithHero waiting gentlewoman
role villain
sceneOfImpersonation Hero’s chamber window
serves Hero
speaksIn prose
stageMedium theatre
unknowinglyImpersonates Hero

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