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 NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act 1 of Love's Labour's Lost NERFINISHED
Act 2 of Love's Labour's Lost NERFINISHED
Act 3 of Love's Labour's Lost NERFINISHED
Act 4 of Love's Labour's Lost NERFINISHED
Act 5 of Love's Labour's Lost NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Elizabethan stage comedy
associatedWith Costard NERFINISHED
Don Armado NERFINISHED
the Forester
contrastedWith Katherine NERFINISHED
Maria NERFINISHED
Princess of France NERFINISHED
Rosaline NERFINISHED
createdBy William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
involvedIn comic subplot of Love's Labour's Lost
letter mix-up subplot
languageOfDialogue Early Modern English NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod English Renaissance NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Don Armado NERFINISHED
the Forester NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
workSetting Navarre NERFINISHED

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