Saturday, January 19, 2019

Shakespeare -- Attempt to Summarize one of his Plays

Two friends, one in love with the daughter of the duke of a nearby city, and the other enamored of a local girl, are put to the test when, after the first has gone off to woo his beloved in the nearby city, the second follows him on his travels, leaving behind his hometown love, and subsequently falling in love with his friend's own beloved upon first sighting her. He resolves to win her even at the betrayal of his friendship, and after secretly thwarting his friend's imminent elopement, resulting in the exile of his friend to live among bandits in the forests, he attempts to woo the daughter himself a, a painful process observed his the loyal hometown girl, who has followed behind him in disguise as a boy, hoping to win him back.  An attempt to secretly reunite the exile with the duke's daughter prompts a series of events, which lead to the happy resolution of all situations, with the local girl revealing her disguise, with all the lovers reunited, and with the exiled friend and forest bandits receiving full pardons from the duke.

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