The Masquerade In Love’s Labor’s Lost by William Shakespeare, King Ferdinand and his three attendants; Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, take a vow to swear off women and concentrate on their studies. This vow only lasted long enough for each man to lay his eyes on the Princess of France, Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine. The women receive love letters and gifts from the men who are trying to woo them. Although the ladies are …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…little better about the outcome of their prank. They could be rude and judgmental, because they were not themselves. It did not matter to them that the men were unaware of the switches between the ladies, because they got the points across that they felt were needed to be expressed. I think that Shakespeare did an incredible job using symbolism in this act of the play. He was a literary genius well before his time.