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| Character | King of Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | In love | |
| Type | Comic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Description | The King reads a love poem that he has written | |
| Location | ACT IV, Scene 3 | |
Summary
The King of Navarre, together with his three lords Berowne, Longaville and Dumaine, make an oath to scolarship for three years. In order to dedicate themselves to their studies they swear to fasting, to give up women and to sleep as little as possible. The King decides not to allow any women in his court. Don Armado, a Spaniard who is visiting the king, falls in love with Jaquenetta, a country girl. He writes a love letter to her and asks Costant, the court fool, to deliver the letter to her.
The daughter of the King of France, however, arrives with three women, Maria, Katherine and Rosaline. The King refuses to allow them in his house because he doesn't want to break his oath and meets them out in the field with his three lords. They all show interest in the three women and the king falls in love with the princess.
Berowne falls in love with Rosaline, writes a love letter to her and asks Costant to deliver it to her. Costant accidentally switches the letter with Don Armado's letter and delivers Berowne's letter to Jaquenetta.
In ACT IV, Scene 3, Berowne overhears the king reading from a love poem he wrote for the princess, thus breaking his oath...
The daughter of the King of France, however, arrives with three women, Maria, Katherine and Rosaline. The King refuses to allow them in his house because he doesn't want to break his oath and meets them out in the field with his three lords. They all show interest in the three women and the king falls in love with the princess.
Berowne falls in love with Rosaline, writes a love letter to her and asks Costant to deliver it to her. Costant accidentally switches the letter with Don Armado's letter and delivers Berowne's letter to Jaquenetta.
In ACT IV, Scene 3, Berowne overhears the king reading from a love poem he wrote for the princess, thus breaking his oath...
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| KING [Reads] So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not To those fresh morning drops upon the rose, As thy eye-beams, when their fresh rays have smote The night of dew that on my cheeks down flows: Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright Through the transparent bosom of the deep, As doth thy face through tears of mine give light; Thou shinest in every tear that I do weep: No drop but as a coach doth carry thee; So ridest thou triumphing in my woe. Do but behold the tears that swell in me, And they thy glory through my grief will show: But do not love thyself; then thou wilt keep My tears for glasses, and still make me weep. O queen of queens! how far dost thou excel, No thought can think, nor tongue of mortal tell. How shall she know my griefs? I'll drop the paper: Sweet leaves, shade folly. Who is he comes here? |
