#two gentlemen of verona

janeeyreofmanderley:

shredsandpatches:

percyhotspur:

maluoliowithin:

shakespearefangirling:

maluoliowithin:

How many Shakespeare characters canonically had dogs I need to know.

I know Hotspur, and then Theseus had a bunch of hunting dogs that were really fancy hunting dogs and then one of the Mechanicals had a dog too. Maybe. I think it was Starveling (Moonshine) in the play but it could have belonged to any of them. 

From there I don’t really remember. I feel like someone had one in Lear?

Beatrice has a dog! “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.”

This is good

Hotspur and Beatrice bond over rather hearing their dogs bark than people be annoying.

Also historically Richard II had a greyhound named Mathe.

Don’t forget the most famous Shakespeare dog, and the only one who appears onstage – Launce’s dog Crab from Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Benvolio had a dog, Mercutio Claims Benvolio argued with a man who coughed and woke his dog.

socialshakespeare:

ALT

Thinking about Two Gentlemen of Verona and Silvia’s retort to Proteus during the final scene in the forest. When he asks “In love, who respects friends?” Her response of “All men but Proteus” feels very cutting. Until we get to the part where Valentine forgives Proteus and “gives” Silvia to Proteus, the man who had just tried to “woo her like a soldier”. In love, Valentine respects his friend… Valentine respects his friend by disrespecting his love.