![]() Think if he knew about their relationship. To him but she worries about what Florizel’s dad (King Polixenes) would Should I, in these my borrowed flaunts, beholdįlorizel assures Perdita that she’s the best thing that’s ever happened Vilely bound up? What would he say? Or how 25 How would he look to see his work, so noble, When my good falcon made her flight across In other words, she’s embarrassed to be dressed up like something she’s not, which is pretty ironic given that Perdita is actually a princess but just doesn’t know it. ![]() (FYI –costumes are pretty standard at these kinds of shindigs and, yes, Perdita knows that Florizel isn’t really some poor shepherd boy named “Doricles.”)įlorizel lays it on pretty thick, describing Perdita as “Flora,” goddess of flowers, which totally embarrasses Perdita, who points out that, in real life, she’s the daughter of a lowly shepherd, while Florizel is royalty. In every mess have folly, and the feedersĪt the festival, Perdita (who is dressed up as the Queen of the Feast) and Florizel (dressed up as a young shepherd named “Doricles”) bat their eyelashes and flirt with one another. With a swain’s wearing, and me, poor lowly maid, 10 The gracious mark o’ th’ land, you have obscured O, pardon that I name them! Your high self, To chide at your extremes it not becomes me These your unusual weeds to each part of youĭoes give a life-no shepherdess, but Flora
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