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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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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