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Edward II:
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1. LOVE LETTER: Edward writes to his lover, Gaveston, to invite him back to England.
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2. Isabella's Tears: Isabella intercepts
her husband's letter to his lover, Gaveston. |
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3. LOVE'S REPLY: Gaveston reads Edward's letter and decides to join him in England.
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4. LOVE'S RETURN: Edward welcomes Gaveston back to England.
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5. ARABESQUE: Edward and Gaveston relax and listen to a troupe of travelling dancers.
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6. CREATION: Edward makes Gaveston an Earl, and gives him lands and other honors and titles.
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7. HEART: The passion between Gaveston
and Edward gets really hot. |
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8. LOVE's DART: The culmination of
the love making of Edward and Gaveston. |
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Note: All of the texts are from Marlowe's play "Edward II" except for 1. "Love Letter" which is a separate poem entitled "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and 8. Love's Dart which is Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Elegia II. In 8.