The Princess: Intelligence in Command
First appears: Act 2, Scene 1
The Princess arrives at Navarre on official business (a debt owed to France) and immediately sees the lords' oath for what it is: vanity dressed as philosophy. She is not impressed by Navarre's scheme, and she is not impressed by the lords' disguises or their poetry.
She is also kind. When the Masque of Muscovites goes wrong and the lords are exposed, she chooses not to humiliate them more than necessary. Her intelligence is precise but not cruel.
Her father's death transforms the ending of the play. She cannot accept Ferdinand's proposal in the middle of grief, and she will not be rushed. The year's delay is her decision.
Key Scenes
Famous Quotes
“Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues:”
The Princess of France — Act 2, Scene 1
Themes
Other Characters in Love's Labour's Lost
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