Don Adriano de Armado

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Don Adriano de Armado is a comically verbose and pompous Spanish braggart knight in Shakespeare’s play "Love’s Labour’s Lost."

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Don Adriano de Armado canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
braggart soldier archetype
comic character
fictional character
stage character
appearsIn Love’s Labour’s Lost
associatedWith Navarre’s court
characterType comic braggart
pompous
verbose
creator William Shakespeare
dramaticFunction contrasts with the learned courtiers
satirizes affected language
genre comedy
inLoveWith Jaquenetta
interactsWith Berowne
Costard
King of Navarre
Moth
languageStyle highly affected
ornate prose
literaryTradition miles gloriosus (boastful soldier)
medium stage play
nationality Spanish
notableTrait bombastic speech
romantic grandiosity
self-importance
occupation knight
roleInWork comic relief
parody of courtly lover
servant Moth
setting Navarre
timePeriodOfSetting Renaissance
workAuthor William Shakespeare

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Love's Labour's Lost mainCharacter Don Adriano de Armado
Dumaine appearsAlongside Don Adriano de Armado
Costard associatedWithCharacter Don Adriano de Armado
Moth serves Don Adriano de Armado
Moth notableInteractionWith Don Adriano de Armado
Ferdinand, King of Navarre interactsWith Don Adriano de Armado