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In 5 pages the author compares and contrasts Valentine's and Proteus' attitudes toward friendship and love in Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," and how these attitudes effected the ultimate outcome of the play. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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love, one must consider how their views affected the ultimate outcome of the play. According to Simmons (1993), "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" symbolizes "the Renaissance conflict between Love and
Friendship" (Simmons 857). The play contains many bizarre twists and turns all in the name of love and/or friendship. At
one time Proteus and Valentine were the best of friends. According to Disch (1987), the play contained "four young lovers as symmetrically disposed as the structural elements of a
Palladian villa. . ." (Disch 173). The attitudes of Valentine and Proteus toward friendship and love are quite different from each other. One is a loyal friend
to the end. The other is disloyal and betrays his friendship. Proteus is the protagonist of the play. He
is difficult to accept as the central character of the play, however, because of his disloyalty. Proteus falls in love with Julia. His love is excessive to the
point of paralyzing inactivity. He is transformed by love. His falling in love with Silvia is quite sudden and quite shocking. His love for Julia is more
of a doting type of love. His feeling for Silvia, however, is quite lustful, with sexual passion almost completely numbing all reason.
Proteus gets to the point that he becomes so enamored of Silvia that he no longer cares for friendship. This leads him to the betrayal of his friend Valentine.
His one redeeming grace is that he ultimately repents when he is shown the folly and the absolute horror of his ways.
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