Shakespeares As You Like It is a romantic comedy premiered nearly 1599 or 1600. The play is said to be directly derived from doubting Thomas Lodges famous novel c exclusivelyed Rosalynde. As You Like It is a sunny play with lots of sunshine, love, laughter and countersigng. The setting of the play moves amongst two worlds one is the city, which is ruled by Duke Frederick and the other is the lumber -the woods of Arden. Most of the play takes place in the Forest of Arden. The city is depicted as evil, full of hatred, stratagem, deception, and envy. In contrast, the timberland is characterized by freedom, beauty and naturalness. The city represents thorny behavior and the timber represents ordinary behavior. The mood of the play is happy and cheerful. The major report card is the importance of love. We see four characters: Rosalind, Celia, Touchstone and Silvius fall in love in the forest. Rosalind falls in love with Orlando, who is denied his fathers will, to underwrite him well and educate him, by his older brother Oliver. Silvius, a shepherd, falls in love with Phebe, a shepherdess. Oliver, older son of Rowland de boys, falls in love with Celia and last but non the least Touchstone, courts fool, with Audrey.
We also see in the play Duke cured reclaiming his power and Oliver realizing his evilness toward his younger brother Orlando. This raises few questions in my mind, why does the author of the play concentrate on the orbit smell more than the city life? Why does all the pleasant activities happen in the country and not in the city? Since the Elizabethan time, the romantic stories have been idealized as happier and healthier in the country than in the city. Also, the country life is in fact free- free of...
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