It comes to a head when he tries to force Silvia to "love him" in the very final confrontation.ĭespite all this, he values his friendship above all this is something he forgets for a majority of the play. His one-track mind brings about a demented obstinancy - a terrible passion that only grows overtime. Almost like a warped Romeo, he is ready to totally abolish his intense love for Julia the moment Silvia steps into his view. He is forgiven by Valentine, and as soon as he realizes Sebastian was really Julia, he remembers his undying love for her.Īs his name would suggest, Proteus is a man with frequently changing loyalties, interests and affection. Valentine reprimands Proteus for going against their friendship, and Proteus pitifully repents. Silvia refuses still, and Proteus, now exceedingly desperate, states he's going to force himself on her, but is quickly taken down by Valentine who was watching the whole thing. Proteus saves Silvia from the outlaws and deems himself worthy of her love. Silvia obviously wants nothing to do with Proteus and makes a getaway along with her friend Sir Eglamour into the forest, where she is captured by Valentine's witless bandits. Proteus tries to appear more attractive than Thurio and also hires the page Sebastian (secretly a disgusted Julia in disguise) to give Silvia the ring Julia had given him to curry favor with her. Valentine gets picked up by a group of bandits and is unwillingly made their new leader. To this end, he betrays Valentine's plan to the Duke, causing his friend to be banished. When Proteus is by himself, he realizes he has stopped loving Julia and is now hellbent on having Silvia to himself. Instead, Valentine reveals his secret plot to his trusted friend. Slightly put off by this, Proteus tells him to stop and remember that Julia is also fair, but Valentine is too love-smitten to really listen. Proteus is briefly introduced to Silvia, after which Valentine goes on to praise her and claim she is the fairest in the world. The fearless man is happy to see his less-than-excited companion, Proteus, show up. She is set to marry the arrogant and incompetent Thurio by order of the Duke, so Valentine comes up with a plan to climb up to her window with a corded ladder and flee with her so they can get married in secret. Valentine has in the course of these developments fallen for the Duke's daughter, Silvia, who quite clearly returns his affections. He and Julia exchange rings on the day of his departure, and they promise each other that their love won't die out in the meantime. Proteus, now having found a budding romance, is not at all pleased with this decision, but has to comply nonetheless. Proteus's father, Antonio, decides to send his son to the court of the Duke in Milan, so that he can spend time with his friend Valentine. Julia, who appears of rather unsound mind, freaks out and tears his letter in half, but immediately regrets it, chalking it up to her womanly whims. Julia's maid, Lucetta, recommends Proteus as a man to fall in love with, and it is made clear that he is a respectable and chivalrous gentleman. After somberly saying goodbye, it is revealed that Proteus has had his servant Speed deliver a romantic letter to Julia. Proteus, the more grounded sort, stays home in Verona, as he is looking to woo a certain Julia. In the beginning of the play, Valentine, the adventurer, decides to travel abroad on a journey of self-improvement.
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