Costard

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Costard is a comical country clown in Shakespeare’s play "Love’s Labour’s Lost," known for his rustic wit and role in driving much of the play’s humorous confusion.

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Costard canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
comic servant ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act II of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act III of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act IV of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act V of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Berowne ⓘ
Boyet ⓘ
Don Adriano de Armado ⓘ
Dumaine ⓘ
Holofernes ⓘ
Jaquenetta ⓘ
King of Navarre ⓘ
Longaville ⓘ
Moth ⓘ
Princess of France ⓘ
Rosaline ⓘ
Sir Nathaniel ⓘ
characterType clown ⓘ
low-status comic figure ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
drivesPlotElement delivery of love letters ⓘ
exposure of secret courtships ⓘ
mistaken delivery of letters ⓘ
firstPerformanceEra late 16th century ⓘ
genreOfWork comedy ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
mediumOfPerformance theatre ⓘ
nationalityOfWork English ⓘ
notableFor malapropisms and wordplay ⓘ
rustic wit ⓘ
occupation clown ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
source of confusion ⓘ
socialClass country rustic ⓘ
speaksLanguageInWork Early Modern English ⓘ
workAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
workForm stage play ⓘ
workTitle Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ

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