Berowne character profiles

These are several character profiles from different sources on Berowne form "Love's Labour's lost". I had research and these profiles on my character so that I understand my characters personality and can answer questions about him if needed to at an audition.

(http://www.novelguide.com/loves-labours-lost/character-profiles)

Berowne- In the beginning, Berowne is the main person against the strictness of the rules for his study. He is also the first, however, that is shown to fall in love with the woman Rosaline. Berowne plays an important part because he is the only one to justify their love for the women and tie it into their studies.

(http://www.shmoop.com/loves-labours-lost/berowne.html)

Berowne is the second in command, but some people think he's way more interesting than the King. We wouldn't hold it against you if you told us you believed him to be the protagonist of the entire play. But Berowne wouldn't want the King's job. He's more of a sideline commentator, a chorus, a class clown whose job is to take note of everything going on around him and reflect on it.

We might argue he's even a truth-seeker. He's creative, impulsive, anarchic, and articulate. And he'll always say what's on his mind. He keeps the King sharp. Let's look at several key aspects of Berowne's character as a means of getting to know who this man really is.

In the first place, Berowne is something of a wise figure in Love's Labour's Lost. Among the men, Berowne seems older, more experienced, and seasoned. He doesn't seem have the same naiveté that characterizes the other lords. For example, Berowne alone argues that the King's plan to shut out women and focus on studies might be problematic.

Lastly, let's look at Berowne and language. The man can talk. He performs some verbal gymnastics in this play, the likes of which leave us (and people around him) a bit awestruck. He's one of those people who is so witty and quick that you are often left speechless by him, later beating yourself up for having nothing to say, and no words to throw back at him. Berowne's mind is a wonderland of words, images, rhymes and jokes that spill out every time he talks (he can't help it!). He is Shakespeare's double, a man exceptionally gifted with language.

(https://www.playshakespeare.com/loves-labours-lost/characters/2946-berowne)

Berowne is a lord at the court of Navarre, among the King’s best friends and one of the three who agree to join him on his scholarly retreat, though he is rather skeptical of the feasibility of the plan.

He has a well-earned international reputation for mockery, and is accepted to be the most intelligent of the courtiers of Navarre, a fact that pleases him. He is looked up to by others, including the King, when it is necessary to get out of a tight spot, as he is able to rationalize anything if need be. He does not expect Rosaline’s ability to match him in wit, and is put slightly off-kilter by her ability, though even more so by having fallen in love with her. He recognizes that she is unfashionably dark-complexioned, and is amazed that he could fall for her even so. Love has long been the chief subject of his mocking, and he especially likes to comment on bad love poetry, though he commits some himself. Extremely long-tongued, he can riff for hours on a theme when he takes it up, and his linguistic extravaganzas continue even after he swears to give them up. His joking can be extremely nasty at times, and he is called on this by both Holofernes and Rosaline. He accepts Rosaline’s prescription to take the edge off his humor by spending a year comforting the dying.

Shakespeare monologue practice

Today I researched how to effectively perform my Shakespearean monologue from Love's Labour's lost by Berowne. I research my character and I first interpreted him as a romantic character dealing with the idea of being in love. I performed my monologue with this idea of my character in mind but I was still not comfortable with my performance of the monologue. I talked with my teacher miss McSherry about how I could perform my monologue. We read through the monologue and miss helpped me realise that a lot of the dialogue in the monologue is very dirty and full of innuendos. This development help me realise that my character is dirty minded and prefers to be a stereotypical "player". Knowing my character had these character traits helped me to develop my character to be a bit of a big head nars. Which helped my overall development of my character of Berowen. Miss McSherry also help me on my physicallity of my character and how he would at times walk around and at others he would make inappropriate gestures. Overall this has helped me to set my my monologue as well as find the humour in my monologue which I had not seen before

FFE Speaking in role 2

(Sitting on the edge of his bed, paused in thought)

I have been fired… they fired me... Mr Harrington thinks I’m bad for Clive, he believes I’m turning his son into a cissy, I’m not turning Clive into anything I’m trying to help him learn about something the boy cares deeply for. Clive is my friend and Mr Harrington thinks I’m trying to turn Clive against him. He threaten me, said he was going to send me back to Germany, write to the immigration office saying I’ve been trying to fraternise with his daughter, Pamela. He called me a “filthy German bastard”; I am nothing like them… I am not one of those German. I’ve tried to help his son… his daughter with their life, I’ve been teaching Pamela French, History and to play piano and he repays me for this by threatening me. I have helped his Son discover who he is and what he needs to do to help his future and Mr Harrington calls me a filthy German bastard. He’s going to send me home… he’s going to send me to Germany, I can’t go to Germany, I can’t go back there… but they won’t let me stay here. I have nowhere to go, no one to turn too. I have nothing.

FFE Speaking in role 1

I ran in to Clive today. He’s a nice boy, I was searching for his mother when I ran into him and he told me that Mrs Harrington was in the music studio. I was astonished to learn that the Harrington’s had a music room in there cottage, I thought it’s a rather odd thing to have at a cottage but Mrs Harrington dose love her music. Clive informed me that the music room is actually in the back of the cottage because; in his words “His lordship doesn’t care much for music”. I Clive, I think he is a charming young man but he doesn’t show much pride towards his farther. His father’s dislike of music worried me as I was practicing my gramophone last night so I feel bad knowing I may have irritated him during the night. Me and Clive proceed to talk, he asked me about how his sister tutoring was going, he then asked me if I lived with my family, I informed him how I actually stayed in a Paddington that resembled a basement. I then told him how I felt that he and his sister are my first family; upon learning this he proceeded to tell me that “This isn’t a family. It’s a tribe of wild cannibals. Between us we eat everyone we can”. His view on his own family puzzled me as I couldn’t stop thinking what he meant by this.