Love's Labour's Lost

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/loves-labours-lost

1. What is the play classification?
2. What is the estimated composition period?
3. What is Shakespeare's play "Love's Labour's Lost" about?
4. Why do the King of Navarre and his friends swear to avoid girls for three years?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the play classification?Early Shakespearean Comedy
2. What is the estimated composition period?Mid-1590s
3. What is Shakespeare's play "Love's Labour's Lost" about?It is a funny story about a group of men who promise to stay away from girls for three years while they study, but then meet a princess and fall in love.
4. Why do the King of Navarre and his friends swear to avoid girls for three years?They want to focus on learning and become very smart, hoping that by staying away from romance they can keep their minds clear.

Asceticism: Severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious or philosophical reasons.
Philology: The study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics.
Foresworn: Having sworn to abandon or renounce something; having broken an oath.