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Love’s Labour’s Lost · Character

Joan

A generic name used in a jest by Costard.

minor

First appearance: act i

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Character Web

13 connections

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MAMariaSNSir NathanielPOPrincess of Fr…KOKing of NavarreMOMothJOJoan

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor figures and allusions
  • Secondary ladies-in-waiting
  • Main lovers and performers
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Joan in act i