AS YOU LIKE IT

AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It

William Shakespeare

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CURATED AND EDITED BY ZOE GILLIGAN ENGLISH 10 G. WEST

FOURTH PERIOD

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SYNOPSIS !!

In As You Like It, Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, falls in love with Orlando, the disinherited son of one of the duke's friends. ("Summary of As You Like It." Bard Stage. Web. 28 Apr. 2015. <http://www.bardstage.org/summary-of-as-you-like-it-and-characters.htm>.) When she

is banished from court by her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, Rosalind decides to seek refuge in the Forest

of Ardenne, where her father and his loyal followers currently live, as well as where Orlando recently fled to

after discovering that Oliver is plotting against his life. She assumes the guise of a male by the name of

Ganymede to ensure safe passage on her journey, and her cousin Celia — who disguises herself as Aliena, a

shepherdess — and the court jester, Touchstone, leave with her. !

Once in Ardenne, a local named Phoebe falls in love with Rosalind-as-Ganymede, whilst Silvius hopelessly pines for

Phoebe; Rosalind-as-Ganymede tries to help Orlando through his overpowering affections for Rosalind; Orlando saves Oliver — who was sent by Duke Frederick to retrieve

Celia — from being devoured by a lioness; and Oliver falls in love with Celia-as-Aliena. !

Finally, Ganymede and Aliena drop their guises, and properly as themselves, Rosalind marries Orlando, and

Celia marries Oliver. Silvius and Phoebe, and Touchstone and Audrey — a local — get married as well. Duke

Frederick, who was marching with his soldiers to destroy Duke Senior, becomes an enlightened man on the journey,

and returns the throne to his brother, Duke Senior.

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THEMES !

↣ love and infatuation !↣ genderism !↣ death !

↣ Shakespeare’s “Green World”

(Pastoral versus urban setting) !↣ transformation !!

MOTIFS !

exile !homoeroticism SYMBOLS

!Orlando’s poems !

slain deer

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“…and the big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose

In piteous chase.” !FIRST LORD

(II.i.39-41)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY !

ANTEISM 1ST-ART-GALLERY FINE ART LIB TATE GALLERY OLD-PRINT

SHAKESPEARE-NAVIGATORS WIKIPEDIA

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