harsh conditions are
more preferable here
than the pompous
court life
Honest
The reference to
Robin Hood-
"there they live
like the old robin
hood in England"
- with his merry
man and support
Positive depiction
suggestion of healing properties - when the evil
people(duke senior and followers) enter, they have a
change of heart-even Oliver
Exiled--Duke
Senior,Jacques, Amiens,
Lords
Forest of Arden
Love found
phebe, Silvius, Audrey, Corin, William
Liberty
Play ends on
a happy note
Singing and Dancing
Freedom self discovery -
The people go back to court after
Free,
Spontaneous
Hunger/ bitter cold
A romantic setting
with many falling in
love - Orlando carving
Rosalind's name into
the trees
Restores and Redeems
People can discover their true feelings
Lit charts- time and conduct are relaxed.
Touchstone (from court) +Audrey (from Country)- the contrast between the two.
Jacques(the exception), -
moody, stuff he says is sill,
foolish, it almost seems like he
doesn't want to change his ways
from the court
The Change of state of Orlando,
almost becomes feminine, like a
mother figure to Adam, the gender
roles could be seen to be challenged/
attacked here, The lion which attacks
his is female.
Duke Fredrick goes to the country and
changes his ways (to lead a different life),
leaving the court for Rosalind, Celia,
Touchstone etc to go back and improve the
behaviour
Court
"painted
pomp.. the
envious
court"-
Duke
Senior
Negative depiction
Rosalind, Celia,
Touchstone, Duke
Fredrick, Charles,oliver,
orlando , adam
wiki- the perils of arbitrary
injustice and even death
corruption, family
treachery (Orlando
and Oliver)
Act One, introduces Discord.
Act One- orlando
and oliver's
relationship is tense-
no sense of
brotherly love.
Duke Senior exiled by
his brother, (loss of
family composition)
Celia and
Rosalind, almost
don't fit into the
criteria of the Court,
they are happy. But
they have to
escape from the
Anxiety. Their
feminine attitudes
The female characters
(Rosalind and Celia) are
closer than the male
characters- who are
actually blood related. It
seems comical because it
seems like the conflict
between the men are the
due to power and high
status, and the woman
have more common sense
and can see past the
strength. Shakespeare
could be playing the
females to be delicate and innocent.
Shakespeare
decides that you
may need a bit
of country and
court inside
you-e.g. Duke
Senior
After the implications of Court and a better Court(although not perfect).
As a Conclusion of the play, the liberating attitudes of the Country ,
Shakespeare has allowed his fourth wall to be broken down, auch that
he has allowed his main female character(Rosalind) to take the
epilogue at the end of the play.