Wednesday, November 14, 2007

William Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost



William Shakespeare’s Love Labour’s Lost
Begin: 11/06/07
End: 11/13/07
Quality: Four out of Ten.
Reason: Reading Plan.
Genre: Classics. Drama. Shakespeare’s Comedies.
Original Language: English.
Date of Publication: 1623.
Fog Index: N/A
Flesch Index: N/A
Flesch-Kincaid Index: N/A
Complex Words: N/A
Number: First?
Synopsis: Well, it starts with the King and his men vowing to study for three years and not see any woman at all. He is reminded that the princess and her ladies are coming soon. The king has them live in a field outside the castle. Of course, the king and his men fall in love with the princess and he ladies and comedy ensues.
Thoughts: Well, I was kinda lost with this play. I had a hard time getting a hang of it. I don’t even know what to say about it. The ending was also very odd, indeed, with the king dying and the women running off without marriage.

Our wooing doth not end like an old play;/ Jack hath not Jill: these ladies' courtesy/ Might well have made our sport a comedy" (V.ii.867-9).

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