Launcelot Gobbo

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Shakespearean character comic character fictional character servant

Launcelot Gobbo is a comic servant character in Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice," known for his humorous wordplay and conflicted loyalties.

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Label Occurrences
Lancelot Gobbo 2
Launcelot Gobbo canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
servant ⓘ
appearsIn The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInAct Act II of The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInGenre Elizabethan drama ⓘ
appearsWithCharacter Bassanio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Gobbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shylock NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme loyalty ⓘ
servitude ⓘ
social class ⓘ
characterTrait foolish ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
witty ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Shylock NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Gobbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Merchant of Venice universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Launcelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialogueFeature aside ⓘ
prose speech ⓘ
soliloquy ⓘ
hasFather Old Gobbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelative Old Gobbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor comic wordplay ⓘ
conflicted loyalties ⓘ
malapropisms ⓘ
puns ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
laterEmployer Bassanio NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork comedy ⓘ
loyaltyConflictWith Bassanio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shylock NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Venetian NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation servant ⓘ
partOf Shakespearean canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
stageRoleType clown ⓘ
servant clown ⓘ
timeOfCreation late 16th century ⓘ
workLocation Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Merchant of Venice → character → Launcelot Gobbo ⓘ
Shylock → hasServant → Launcelot Gobbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot Gobbo
Shylock → isEmployerOf → Launcelot Gobbo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot Gobbo