Don Adriano de Armado
from Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
I do affect the very ground, which is base, where her shoe, which is baser, guided by her foot, which is basest, doth tread. I shall be forsworn, which is a great argument of falsehood, if I love. And how can that be true love which is falsely attempted? Love…
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Author(s)
Character Name
Don Adriano de Armado
Source Title
Love's Labour's Lost
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act 1, Scene 2
Setting
Don Adriano de Armado professes his love for Jaquenetta despite her social status which he deems to be far below his standards.
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
COMIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
20s - LATE
30s - EARLY
30s - LATE
40s - EARLY
40s - LATE
50s
60s
70+
Race / Ethnicity
INDIAN
CHINESE
JAPANESE
KOREAN
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER
FILIPINO
CHICANO
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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