Jaquenetta

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Jaquenetta is a country wench in Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost," whose romantic entanglements and misunderstandings contribute significantly to the play's comic plot.

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Jaquenetta canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
appearsInAct Act 1 of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
Act 2 of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
Act 3 of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
Act 4 of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
Act 5 of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
appearsInGenre Elizabethan stage comedy ⓘ
associatedWith Costard ⓘ
Don Armado ⓘ
the Forester ⓘ
contrastedWith Katherine ⓘ
Maria ⓘ
Princess of France ⓘ
Rosaline ⓘ
createdBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticFunction complicates the vows of the King and his lords ⓘ
embodies the play's mockery of idealized love ⓘ
firstPerformanceEra late 16th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreOfWork comedy ⓘ
hasDialogueForm prose ⓘ
hasNameVariant Jaquenetta the country wench ⓘ
includedIn Shakespearean canon ⓘ
involvedIn comic subplot of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
letter mix-up subplot ⓘ
languageOfDialogue Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
nationalityOfWork English ⓘ
occupation country wench ⓘ
plotFunction exposes Berowne's broken oath through a misdelivered letter ⓘ
relationshipToTheme contrasts courtly love with rustic love ⓘ
highlights class differences in romantic pursuit ⓘ
roleInWork catalyst for misunderstandings ⓘ
comic relief ⓘ
romanticallyLinkedTo Costard ⓘ
Don Armado ⓘ
the Forester ⓘ
socialClass peasant ⓘ
stageTradition often played with broad physical comedy ⓘ
often portrayed as earthy and sensual ⓘ
textualSource First Folio version of Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
workSetting Navarre ⓘ

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