Love's Labour's Lost Men and Masculinity Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line)
| Quote #1 KING: You three, Berowne, Dumain, and Longaville, |
The first line of the play announces a boys' club soon to be invaded.
| Quote #2 ARMADO: What great men have been in love? |
Great men in history are an important motif in the play. Take a look at our "Shout Outs" section in order to get a better sense of how many references there are to famous men in Mythology and History.
| Quote #3 ARMADO: Yet was Samson so tempted, and he had an excellent strength; yet was Solomon so seduced, and he had a very good wit. Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club, and therefore too much odds for a Spaniard's rapier. (1.2.92) |
Armado and the lords comfort themselves with reminders that even heroes can love.
