Two Gentlemen of Verona
is written in the first person. A story written in the first person
is a first-hand account of events told or narrated through the eyes
of a single character, typically the main character. Stories written
in the first person are easily identified by the use of the pronoun
'I' rather than 'he or she'.
The reader will see
phrases such as "I said, I thought," rather than
"he said, she thought." Everything is experienced through
the eyes of a single character, and all thoughts and observations are
limited to that one person. There can be no outside observer. If the
narrator does not see or experience an event first-hand, it cannot be
a part of the story. All scenes in the story are filtered
through this person's unique perception.
The third-person is a
narrative mode in which both the reader and author observe the
situation either through the senses and thoughts of more than one
character, or through an overarching godlike perspective that sees
and knows everything that happens and everything the characters are
thinking. In this mode of narration, the narrator can tell the reader
things that the main character does not know, or things
that none of the characters know.