Physical Appearance and Attributes
The Lovers are always young in age, possessing courteousness and gallantry. They are very attractive, and elegant in their appearance overall.
The women's dresses were of the finest silks and they wear showy jewelry characteristic of Renaissance style. The males wear soldier-like attire, while both sexes wear extravagant wigs and also change clothes numerous times throughout the length of the production.
The Lovers never wear the masks which are characteristic of most of the other stock characters in the commedia dell'arte. They do, however, wear lots of makeup and apply beauty marks to their faces.
The posture that the Lovers take on is that of strong pride. They point their toes while standing and puff up their chests. Overall, they lack contact with the ground and seem to float across the ground rather than take steps. Their hand movements and gestures are also very characteristic of the buoyant movements that their feet take on.
Their speech is very eloquent Tuscan, as they are of high social status. They are well-read in poetry and often recite it at length from memory, and even tend to sing quite often. Their language is full of flamboyant and lofty rhetoric so that most of what they say is not taken too seriously, by either the audience or the other characters.
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