1) What are the setting and the time period of this play, and how do you see these factors (given circumstances) impacting the lives of the characters? Be sure to include the name of the play. (5 points)
"As You Like it," a play composed by William Shakespeare was initially set in the time period of the early 1600’s; however, thanks to a clever ingenious director of this play, Rick Lombardo was able to give the production a slightly modern twist. Due to the initial time period set by William Shakespeare, I believe the director intended the play to have an older time period, but for comedic effect, the play does contain some modern elements. The time period greatly impacted the overall setting of the play and considerably affected the overall …show more content…
By the end of the long journey within the play, nearly all of the characters within William Shakespeare's play achieve their dreams and love, except for two. The first character who remained unsuccessful in the common quest to find love was Jacques; this melancholy character played a role of sadness and enjoyed living a life of anguish. By the end of the play, nearly every character was falling in love with one another, but Jacques decided it was time to part ways and leave alone dramatically. Another character who did, in fact, get married but didn't truly achieve their dreams was Phoebe. After her banishment, Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior disguised herself as a man named Ganymede whom Phoebe fell in love with; both being girls, in the end, Phoebe was not able to marry Rosalind and had to marry her previous lover, Silvius. The character that received my empathy in the play was Rosalind; this was because Rosalind had to disguise herself as a man and struggle with expressing her love; she was not able to show affection to the man she secretly loved, Orlando. Rosalind was not able to express her love until the end of the play when her true self was …show more content…
During scene one, Orlando was talking to Adam, the former servant of Sir Rowland de Bois. During his speech, Orlando stated before his fathers' death, Oliver was “charged [] on his blessing to breed [Orlando] well.” He then stated this was where his sadness and grief begun; Orlando’s other brother, Jacques was sent away to school and was doing well, but yet Oliver chose to keep Orlando home and refused to support his dreams. Orlando desired and dreamt of going to school and being seen as an honorable gentleman; Orlando compared himself to locked up ox in his speech stating "that “keeping” for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from the stalling of an ox?" Orlando believed Orlando's “horses [were] bred better” and treated better than he was. Through this speech, Orlando expressed his desires and dreams; all Orlando wanted was to be treated like an honorable gentleman. This speech successfully illuminated his dreams and desires while highlighting the anger he felt towards his brother. Through this speech, it was concluded Orlando "[would] no longer endure [this treatment], though yet [he knew] no wise remedy how to avoid
"As You Like it," a play composed by William Shakespeare was initially set in the time period of the early 1600’s; however, thanks to a clever ingenious director of this play, Rick Lombardo was able to give the production a slightly modern twist. Due to the initial time period set by William Shakespeare, I believe the director intended the play to have an older time period, but for comedic effect, the play does contain some modern elements. The time period greatly impacted the overall setting of the play and considerably affected the overall …show more content…
By the end of the long journey within the play, nearly all of the characters within William Shakespeare's play achieve their dreams and love, except for two. The first character who remained unsuccessful in the common quest to find love was Jacques; this melancholy character played a role of sadness and enjoyed living a life of anguish. By the end of the play, nearly every character was falling in love with one another, but Jacques decided it was time to part ways and leave alone dramatically. Another character who did, in fact, get married but didn't truly achieve their dreams was Phoebe. After her banishment, Rosalind, the daughter of Duke Senior disguised herself as a man named Ganymede whom Phoebe fell in love with; both being girls, in the end, Phoebe was not able to marry Rosalind and had to marry her previous lover, Silvius. The character that received my empathy in the play was Rosalind; this was because Rosalind had to disguise herself as a man and struggle with expressing her love; she was not able to show affection to the man she secretly loved, Orlando. Rosalind was not able to express her love until the end of the play when her true self was …show more content…
During scene one, Orlando was talking to Adam, the former servant of Sir Rowland de Bois. During his speech, Orlando stated before his fathers' death, Oliver was “charged [] on his blessing to breed [Orlando] well.” He then stated this was where his sadness and grief begun; Orlando’s other brother, Jacques was sent away to school and was doing well, but yet Oliver chose to keep Orlando home and refused to support his dreams. Orlando desired and dreamt of going to school and being seen as an honorable gentleman; Orlando compared himself to locked up ox in his speech stating "that “keeping” for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from the stalling of an ox?" Orlando believed Orlando's “horses [were] bred better” and treated better than he was. Through this speech, Orlando expressed his desires and dreams; all Orlando wanted was to be treated like an honorable gentleman. This speech successfully illuminated his dreams and desires while highlighting the anger he felt towards his brother. Through this speech, it was concluded Orlando "[would] no longer endure [this treatment], though yet [he knew] no wise remedy how to avoid