As You Like It is a pastoral comedy of mistaken identity and disguise. Exiled from the court by her uncle Frederick, Rosalind heads to the forest of Arden, disguised as a boy, Ganymede. Orlando, her love, is also banished to the forest by his brother. Orlando pines for Rosalind while Phebe, a shepherdess, falls for Ganymede. Frederick orders Oliver, Orlando's brother, to go in search of Rosalind. Orlando saves Oliver, the two are reunited, and Orlando learns the truth, that Ganymede is really his love Rosalind.
For the plot of As You Like It Shakespeare himself had only to go to the local theatre Thomas Lodges prose romance Rosalynde was popular in the Elizabethan theatres beginning in 1590 and was a wonderful tale full of bloody wrestling matches and swashbuckling rescues of nasty outlaws and the violent deaths of wicked villains In contrast when Shakespeares version opened in 1599 he had turned Lodges strong masculine story into a fairy tale Yet Shakespeares comic version touches us more deeply beca
Belonging is basic human instinct We all seek to belong be it physically mentally or spiritually By belonging we can enrich a community with our views and they in turn can help us mature through important lessons It is only through belonging that we can break out of the shell of individualism and self centeredness that both protects and isolates us However the human drive for belonging also has its pitfalls There is an innate need in our hearts to identify with a group both for protection and f
The complex nature of belonging and its multiple levels of meaning are made apparent in Shakespeares text As you like it The universal challenge to belong is exercised through the experience of feeling connected to another human being group or place The need to belong is significant for many people however not necessarily a vital one for all of humanity as there are some individuals like Jacques who do not demonstrate this need The audio extract demonstrates a clear example of Jaques alienation
As You Like It The Oxford Dictionary states the definition of belonging is to be rightly put into a particular position or class fit or be accept able in a particular place or environment belong to be a member of belong to be the property or possession of Throughout the play As You Like It belonging plays a major role in shaping the context of what becomes an intriguing and mesmerising story During the course of the play all the characters seek to belong either physically mentally or spirituall
As you like it is a romantic comedy It is full of sunshine love laughter and song The predominant mood of the play is one of cheerfulness light hearted gaiety and laughter It is a pure and fun romantic comedy It revolves around two plots One centers on hatred and the other centers on love The outcome of both plots reveals that love is all important whether it is brotherly love or romantic love The play depicts romantic love at its best Here I discuss the character of Lady Rosalind the daughter
As We Like It In his play As You Like It William Shakespeare slyly conveys an underlying theme that addresses the social convention of placing people into categories of fixed identities This period in history demanded acceptance of ones personal social and economic status Those who dared to protest or attempted to step outside the parameters set by social convention were harshly punished Shakespeare observed and recorded these rigid categories that limited self definition and individual freedom
What do you find interesting about Shakespeares representation of different types of love in As you like it William Shakespeare paints the trials and tribulations of Rosalind and Orlando on the brooding canvas of the court and a jovial one of the country Rosalind and Orlando two ardent lovers segregated in the realms of the comedy which is characterised by mistaken identities deceptions and transformations There is a wide spectrum of the representations of love in As you like it the portrayal o
Observations on As You Like It As You Like It will be for many of you a rather difficult play to appreciate and interpret simply on the basis of a reading The reasons for this are not difficult to ascertain The play is as I have observed a pastoral comedy that is a comedy which involves a traditional literary style of moving sophisticated urban courtiers out into the countryside where they have to deal with life in a very different manner from that of the aristocratic court This play like other