Moth

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Moth is a witty and quick-tongued pageboy who serves as a comic foil and companion to Don Armado in Shakespeare’s play "Love’s Labour’s Lost."

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Moth canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic foil ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
pageboy ⓘ
servant ⓘ
appearsIn Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act III of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
Act V of Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ
associatedTheme mockery of pedantry and bombast ⓘ
social hierarchy inverted by intelligence ⓘ
wit and wordplay ⓘ
characterTrait clever ⓘ
mocking ⓘ
playful ⓘ
quick-tongued ⓘ
witty ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticFunction to provide meta-theatrical commentary ⓘ
to satirize Don Armado’s affectations ⓘ
to undercut romantic and heroic pretensions ⓘ
firstPerformanceEra late 16th century ⓘ
genreContext Elizabethan comedy ⓘ
hasDialogueForm prose ⓘ
verse ⓘ
languageStyle pun-filled ⓘ
wordplay-heavy ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
literarySignificance example of Shakespearean child or youth character with precocious wit ⓘ
medium stage drama ⓘ
nationality Spanish court attendant (by association with Don Armado) ⓘ
notableInteractionWith Berowne ⓘ
Costard ⓘ
Don Adriano de Armado ⓘ
Holofernes ⓘ
King of Navarre ⓘ
Sir Nathaniel ⓘ
occupation pageboy ⓘ
oftenComparedTo Feste ⓘ
Puck ⓘ
other witty servants in Shakespeare ⓘ
participatesIn pageant of the Nine Worthies ⓘ
relationshipWithDonArmado comic foil ⓘ
companion ⓘ
servant ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
witty commentator on events ⓘ
serves Don Adriano de Armado ⓘ
workLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ

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