Love's Labour's Lost
Shakespeare wrote a comedy built entirely on wordplay and wit — young men swear off women, women outsmart them, and the play ends with a death instead of a wedding.
“A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes it.”
Why It Matters
Shakespeare wrote a comedy built entirely on wordplay and wit — young men swear off women, women outsmart them, and the play ends with a death instead of a wedding. It is one of his most linguistically dazzling works and the earliest sign that he could make language itself the subject of a play. The unconventional ending — no resolution, just postponement — still surprises.
The 
Take
Personal reviewIncredible over the top poetry, mostly comedic and romantic. Very self aware. Awesome depiction of men and women. Plot and story arc was pretty lacking. Very difficult read, dense poetry
Notable Quotes
“He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.”
“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.”