| CAPTAINAHAB | His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| ROMEO | His last words were "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| AHAB | Captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| SAMIAM | His last words were "Try them and you may, I say" |
| OATES | His last words were I'm just going outside, and may be some time |
| HAMLET | His last words were "The rest is silence" |
| NERO | His last words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| RHETT | In Gone With The Wind, ... Butler's last words were, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
| OSCAR | Wilde whose last words were "Either this wallpaper goes or I do." |
| DIEUPONAKISS | In 5.2, Othello confronts the truth of his jealousy. Othello stabs Iago, but Iago remains alive. Cassio tells the story of the handkerchief. Othello then stabs himself. What are his last words? |
| NEMO | Seaman whose last words were "God and my country!" |
| BRUTUS | Conspirator to whom Caesar's last words were supposedly spoken (6) |
| THEYCOULDNTHIT | US Civil War general's last words were foolishly apathetic and idle ... then shot instantly - thud! |
| SMEEKING | Trying to restrict mass Auld Reekie's lums were thus emitting |
| TREASONABLE | Joyce's broadcasts were thus put forward without explanation |
| ASSEGAI | A sage is the African spear! (7) |
| TRIDENT | Some spear! It has the right dent in it (7) |
| HASTINGS | In 3.4, this character is sentenced to death by Richard. His last words are, "They smile at me who shortly shall be dead." Who says this? |
| FOOTSOLDIERS | The spear carriers on the hoof hired by a company (4,8) |
| MISSAM | Hastam ____ vito: I dodge the spear which has been flung |
