This
very night; for Love is like a child,
That
longs for everything that he can come by.
-Duke of Milan
The Two Gentlemen Of
Verona Act III, scene i, line 124
Well there are a few interesting facts here. For starters,
here is the Duke of Milan in one of Will’s earliest plays. And of course, in
one of his last plays the Duke of Milan shows up again in the person of
Prospero in The Tempest. So that’s mildly interesting. I’m not sure if the Duke
shows up in any of the thirty-odd plays in between.
Perhaps more interesting is the capitalization, personification
and description of Love. I guess the capitalization is our clue that we’re
going to be personifying it. And the description? Well, he’s like a child that
wants everything he can possibly get. Does that sound like the guy (Love) that
you know? Yeah, I think it kind of does.
Here's an example of a child who's not getting what he wants (a swim in the hotel pool). But he still wants it.
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