Love's Labor's Lost

by William Shakespeare

Love's Labor's Lost: Genre 1 key example

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Explanation and Analysis:

Love’s Labor’s Lost is a comedy, and contains many of Shakespeare’s signature comic techniques. On the formal level, Love’s Labor’s Lost embraces sharp wordplay, puns, and bawdy humor, all of which can be found across Shakespeare’s comic oeuvre. Here, as in other plays, Shakespearean tropes like disguises, one (or several) love stories, mistaken identities, and clever servants help shape and propel the plot.