Two Gentlemen of Verona

Prep resources:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plots/twops.html

http://www.shakespeareswords.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona

Considered by some, Shakespeare’s first play it’s also considered his weakest. I watched this version of the play: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086492/ Even though it isn’t one of his most profound plays, I was entertained by the plot and the acting. The play is also a part in the movie 'Shakespeare in Love' - which I’ll watch again after this project.

The themes of the play range from friendship and courtship to the blindness of love to forgiveness. As with all of the plays, I enjoy the language - how rich, full of metaphor and meaning each line presents.

Some quotes I like:

"That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.”

You, minion, are too saucy.”

“What, gone without a word?
Ay, so true love should do. It cannot speak,
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.”

“At first I did adore a twinkling star
But now I worship a celestial sun”

'I leave myself, my friends and all, for
love.
Thou, Julia, thou hast metamorphosed me,
Made me neglect my studies, lose my time,
War with good counsel, set the world at nought;
Made wit with musing weak, heart sick with thought.”

"Nay, then, he should be blind, and being blind
How could he see his way to seek out you?”

"They do not love that do not show their love.”

"What, gone without a word?
Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak,
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it."