in The Two Gentlemen of Verona — Shakespeare, William
Metadata
Play
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author
Shakespeare, William
Year (catalogued)
1623
First performance
1593
Decade
1620s
Genre
Comedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men (?)
Speech prefix(es)
3. Out. | 3 Out.
Words
208
Characters
1057
Typicality
0.45 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11954.2
BritDrama no.
970
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Stand sir, and throw us that you have about 'ye. If not: we'll make you fit, and rifle you. I by my beard will we: for he is a proper man. Have you long sojourned there? By the bore scalp of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, This fellow were a King, for our wild faction. Know then, that some of us are Gentlemen, Such as the fury of ungoverned youth Thrust from the company of awful men. My self was from Verona banished, For practising to steal away a Lady, And heir and Niece, alide unto the Duke. What sayest thou? wilt thou be of our consort? Say I, and be the captain of us all: We'll do thee homage, and be ruled by thee, Love thee, as our Commander, and our King. No, we detest such vile base practises. Come, go with us, we'll bring thee to our Crews, And show thee all the Treasure we have God; Which, with our selves, all rest at thy dispose. Being nimble footed, he hath out run us. But Moses and Valerius follow him: Go thou with her to the West end of the wood, There is our Captain: Wee'll follow him that's fled, The Thicket is beset, he cannot escape.
Plot summary
Plot — The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Walefifihe leaves Verona to broaden his horizons. Protelis stays at home and woos Jiilia) but no sooner is his suit successful than his father decides to send him after Valentine to court. He and Julia exchange rings. In Milan, Proteus finds that Valentine has fallen in love with Sil¥ia and plans to elope with her, using a rope ladder to reach the tower in which her father locks her up at night. Proteus falls for Silvia himself and, knowing that her father prefers Valentine’s rival Hiro, betrays his friend’s confidence to the Duke, who duly banishes Valentine. This only succeeds in ‘alienating Silvia from Thurio and her father, so Proteus is asked to woo her on Thurio’s behalf. Valentine is ambushed by banished Saws, who make him their chief. Leaving her property in the care of her waiting- woman Hwee’, Julia follows Proteus to Milan disguised as a page-boy; there she learns of Proteus’ interest in Silvia, and witnesses one of his wooing attempts. Proteus sends Silvia a gift of a dog, but Bane loses it and offers her his own dog, which behaves badly and relieves itself under the table; Lance takes the blame for the latter offence. Proteus employs the disguised Julia as a go-between, sending her ring as a gift to Silvia, who will not accept it. With Bglami6ii’s help, Silvia absconds to join Valentine; the Duke rides after her with Thurio; Proteus follows in search of Silvia, and the disguised Julia follows him. All except Eglamour are captured by the outlaws. When Silvia rejects Proteus’ advances, he threatens to rape her. Valentine sees him for what he is, but is won over by his repentance, and offers to give up Silvia. Julia faints and mixes up the two rings in her possession; thus her identity is revealed. Threatened by Valentine, Thurio gives up his suit to Silvia; the Duke accepts Valentine as a son-in-law and agrees to recall the outlaws from banishment.