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AN INTRODUCTION TO AS YOU LIKE IT
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a Pastoral Comedyby William Shakespeare
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SHAKESPEARE
Who is this man?
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare is perhaps the greatest dramatist the world has known
He is the master poet – the entertainer with an universal appeal
Date of Birth – Unknown (Baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) Place of birth: Stratford on Avon, England Widely regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
Often called England's national poet and the “Bard of Avon”
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S H A K E S P E A R E ’ S W O R K S
38 Plays (tragedies, comedies, tragi-comedies,
historical plays)154 sonnets
2 long narrative poemsSeveral other poems
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare’s plays have been translated into every major living language & are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
As You Like It is one of the most amusing & delightfully entertaining of Shakespeare’s comedies.
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SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY
A Shakespearean Comedy is a drama/play that has :
a happy ending, usually involving marriages between the unmarried characters
a tone and style that is more light-hearted than Shakespeare's other serious plays.
Shakespearean Comedy
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PATTERNS IN SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES
Internal and
external conflicts
Tension between different values.
Movement to a "green world"
(Forest of Arden in As You
Like It)
Change of heart
Resolution of
conflicts
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SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES ALSO INCLUDE:
Multiple, intertwining plots Use of all styles of comedy (slapstick, puns,
dry humor, earthy humor, witty banter, practical jokes)
Pastoral element (courtly people living an idealized, rural life), originally an element of Pastoral Romance, exploited by Shakespeare for his comic plots and often parodied therein for humorous effects
Happy Ending, though this is a given, since by definition, anything without a happy ending can't be a comedy
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SOME OF THE OTHER FAMOUS SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES ARE…
A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Twelfth Night
The Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour Lost
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AS YOU LIKE IT
A Pastoral Comedy
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DATE OF COMPOSITION
The play is believed to have been composed
in 1599 or earlier.
It was first published in folio in 1623.
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AS YOU LIKE IT - A PASTORAL COMEDY
Pastoral
A Pastoral is a poem or novel or drama which
depicts pastoral (shepherd) life, usually in an idealized manner and
for urban audiences.
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THE SETTING OF THE PLAY
The action of the play opens in France
But most of the succeeding action takes place in a location called the 'Forest of Arden.‘
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Love
Nature
Family
Deception
Treachery
Loyalty
Pastoral Life
Foolishness & Folly
THEMESin
As You Like It
THEMESin
As You Like It
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Rosalind
Orlando
Celia
Duke Frederick
Duke Senior
Oliver
Touchstone
Jaques
MainCharacters
inAs You Like It
MainCharacters
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Let us see how the principal
characters in As You Like It are
connected……
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ORLANDO
CELIAROSALIND
OLIVER
DUKE SENIOR
DUKE FREDERICKBROTHERS
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OTHER CHARACTERS IN AS YOU LIKE IT
Adam – Servant to Orlando & Oliver Silvius – a shepherd Phebe – a shepherdess Audrey – a village girl Charles - wrestler Amiens – a Lord Corin – a shepherd William – a village boyLords
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BRIEF SUMMARY
Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior (the banished duke), is raised at the court of her uncle Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia (daughter of Duke Frederick).
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BRIEF SUMMARY
Rosalind falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but before long, she is banished from the court by her angry & jealous uncle, Duke Frederick.
Celia, who loves Rosalind not just as a cousin but as her dearest friend, accompanies her out of the court
Rosalind disguises as a boy, (Ganymede) & Celia disguises as a peasant girl (Aliena)
Touchstone, the court's fool, accompanies them
They go to the Forest of Arden.
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BRIEF SUMMARY
Upon their arrival in the forest, they chance upon Orlando and his servant Adam, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's eldest brother.
What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the disguised Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her, & to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade of Ganymede
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BRIEF SUMMARY
Eventually all the characters meet in the Forest of Arden, a magical place that resolves all conflicts and erases all evil.
Duke Frederick & Oliver become good men and make peace with their respective brothers.
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BRIEF SUMMARY
The play ends happily with four marriages:
Rosalind – OrlandoCelia – OliverTouchstone – Audrey Silvius - Phebe
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As You Like It is one of the most popular comedies of Shakespeare and Rosalind is one of his most strong willed heroines.This is a complex play with multiple plots, each entwining into the other.The play is not only entertaining, it is also thought-provoking due to the themes it deals with.
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Target ICSE’s Course in As You Like It explores all the aspects of play in due detail.
Happy Learning!
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