In theatre, what a character is called can often provide helpful cues to the audience. * Shakespeare had gems like "Perdita" ("lost", for a Doorstop Baby), "Iachimo" ("little Iago". Iago was the villain in Othello; Iachimo was... well, a slightly less evil version of the same character.), "Bianca" ("white" -- used twice, once played straight, once for a [red lady, "Posthumous" ("Dude, your father just died!")... * You could write essays on this. In fact, people have! Other names include Miranda, which Shakespeare coined, and which is supposed to have a connotation with wondering or admiring - and Miranda wonders at everything around her, and provokes wonder wherever she goes. Ariel is airy, Caliban connotes "Cannibal," it goes on. Juliet is so named because she was born in July (the