Orlando · Character
Nicholas Greene
A celebrated poet and critic whose praise Orlando longs for, and whose mockery of Orlando's own verse cuts deeper than any sword.
supporting
Also known as Mr. Nicholas Greene, Nick Greene, Mr. Greene, old Greene
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A poet who visits Orlando and later criticizes him in a satirical poem.
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Greene is the literary lion of the age, invited to Orlando's table, flattered by his host, and quietly contemptuous of the noble amateur who wants so badly to be taken seriously as a writer. He embodies everything…
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- 18th-century literary critics
- Protagonist
- Orlando's extended acquaintance
- Elizabethan literary circle
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