Love's Labour's Lost Principles Quotes Page 2
Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line)
| Quote #4 NATHANIEL: [Reads] 'If love make me forsworn, how shall I swear to love? |
Berowne is worried that Rosaline will accuse him of being incapable of fidelity, since he broke his vow. But for him, it's about priorities – he has to break that vow to make one to her.
| Quote #5 KING: And Jove for your love would infringe an oath. |
The King uses Berowne's razor-sharp wit as an intimidation tactic.
| Quote #6 Let us once lose our oaths to find ourselves, |
Again, Berowne argues that they have more to gain from breaking their promise (which he thought was crazy from the beginning) than keeping it.
