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Love's Labour's Lost Summary
Love's Labour's Lost
SHORT STORYLINE
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
The four men abandon the women just before the four women arrive to meet them; the men change their minds.
SHORT SUMMARY
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
After taking a vow to avoid women, the king and three of his friends have to host a princess and her three ladies. All four men fall in love, and they decide to court the women. Finally, the women must return to their kingdom for a year, after which they will marry the king and his friends, provided they remain true to him.
DETAILED SUMMARY
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Act I
In the Kingdom of France called Navarre, King Ferdinand and his three friends, Biron (or Berowne), Dumaine, and Longueville (or Longaeville), fantasise about themselves as ardent students of philosophy. Together, they resolve to abandon the company of women for three years in order to devote time to their studies. Also, this decree against women applies to the entire state. When local farmer Costard is caught stalking his fiancee, Jacquenetta, he is arrested. The Spaniard Don Armado, who is in charge of punishing Costard, is also in love with Jaquenetta. He writes her a letter to give to Custard.
Act II–III
Shortly after the oath, the Princess of France and her three ladies-in-waiting, Rosaline, Katherine, and Maria, arrive at an embassy. Due to new laws created through the King's Pledge, women are kept a mile away from the court. With the assistance of the princess's officer, they are allowed an audience with Navarre and his three friends. They soon learn that they have all met before. Furthermore, the king falls in love with the princess, and each of his friends falls in love with one of the princess's women. Biron writes a love letter to the lady Rosaline, providing it to Custard to deliver. However, Costard confuses the letters in his charge and provides Biron's love letter to Jacquenetta, who resolves to tell the king.
Meanwhile, the three characters, such as schoolmaster Holofernes, the parson and Don Armado, plan to entertain the royals with a pageant titled 'Nine Worthies'. This would include Costard, Armado, and his pageboy Mote.
Act IV
The king and his three friends watch each other in a situation of hide and seek as they separately declare their love for the princess and her ladies. They soon come to know about everyone's affection. After his letter appears, Biron persuades Navarre that love is a legitimate part of their studies. The men decide to continue entertaining their guests.
Act V
All the men try to woo women with gifts and even visit them in disguise. But they still pretend to be indifferent to women's charms. Finally, the women trick them (through the women's own disguises) into admitting the truth of their love: King Ferdinand for the princess, Biron for Rosaline, Dumaine for Katharine, and Longueville for Maria.
Men and women happily come together to watch the spectacle of the 'Nine Worthies'. During the performance, a messenger arrives and informs us that the King of France is dead. Due to this news, the princess decides that she must return home. She declares a year's absence between the men of Navarre and the women of France. If, at the end of that period, their promises come true, the women may return to accept them in marriage. The play ends as all the women leave, and all the pageant actors sing.
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