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QUERIES FOR DISCUSSION

Why did Julia swoon? Was the repentance of Protheus genuine?--and natural? What does Valentine mean by his forgiveness of Protheus and his proof of it--"All that was mine, in Silvia, I give thee?" could he give her, personally, against her will, in Chivalry? Or in true love? How could he mean anything then, but proving by this entrusting of her to his friend his belief in his loyalty and purity?

Why is Silvia silent? (See Introduction to the Play in "First Folio Edition," also Selected Criticism and Notes on V, iv, 91, for hints on these latter queries).

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