# William Shakespeare — Representative Men character guide

> William Shakespeare in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Shakespeare, V Shakespeare

**First appearance:** 0005-v-shakespeare-or-the-poet

## Who they are

English playwright and central subject of the fifth chapter, representing the poet type.

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