# Shakespeare — The Devil’s Dictionary character guide

> Shakespeare in The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-devil-s-dictionary

## Who they are

The playwright, referenced in definitions.

## In the story

### [G](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/g)

Referenced in the definition of 'Ghost' through the phrase 'in his habit as he lived.'

### [L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/l)

Mentioned in the definition of 'Lexicographer' as an example of a great Elizabethan writer.

### [O](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/o)

Referenced in the definition of 'Obsolete' as a writer who used obsolete words.

### [P](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/p)

Quoted in the definition of 'Physiognomy' with a line from Macbeth, then criticized by the physiognomists.

### [R](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/r)

Referenced indirectly in the definition of 'Romance' as a great novelist who 'laid waste their powers.'

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