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| | Chapter Two: (I) The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
 | | While Launce's account of his farewell is comic, and in its echoing of the serious scene which precedes, it, it provides a light, refreshing contrast, it is, nevertheless, affecting in its own right. |
 | | Crab, 'the sowrest natured dogge that liues' (II.iii.5-6), is seen by Launce as being totally unsympathetic to his miseries, and as such Crab represents the generally unfeeling attitude towards the troubles and sorrows of servants. |
 | | Despite the suffering implied in these punishments, the account of them is humorous, with the character of Crab, unworthy of his owner's devotion, providing the comic foil to offset the pain, and making the devotion itself comic. |
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