Dzidze's+Speare+Notes

The story begins right after Duke Senior is banished by his own brother Duke Fredrick. He fled to the Forest of Arden where he lives with a few loyal friends. Duke Fredrick allowed Duke Senior’s daughter Rosalind to remain in the dukedom simply because his daughter Celia and Rosalind had become inseparable, having grown up together. Sir Rowland De Boys has recently died, and had left most of his property with his oldest son Oliver. Although Sir Rowland had instructed Oliver to take care of his younger brother Orlando, Oliver refuses to do so just to be mean. He makes sure that Orlando does not get any education or training. Duke Fredrick’s wrestler then has a fight against Orlando and that is where Rosalind and Orlando meet. Rosalind tries to talk Orland out of the fight, but he needed the money so he goes on and fights the wrestler. Surprisingly he wins, and when Duke Fredrick finds out that Orland is the son of Sir Rowland, one of his rivals, he gives him the money and warns him not to come back. He also banishes Rosalind because she was talking to Orlando, and Celia follows her because she could not stand her father anymore. Rosalind and Celia decided to follow Orlando, who Rosalind has fallen in love with into the Forest of Arden. Rosalind changes her name o Ganymede a young man, and Celia becomes Aliena, Ganymede’s wife. Rosalind then finds Orlando and he is also in love with her. Celia falls in love with Oliver. Duke Fredrick then joins a monastery and decides to give the dukedom back to Duke Senior. Oliver and Celia get married and Orlando and Rosalind get married. They all return to the dukedom to live happily ever after. ** Famous Quotes ** “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exists and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts”- (Quote Act II, Scene VII) I think this quote means that everyone will get their one time to shine, and there will be someone who will stay there for long and someone who will not, but no matter what we should just wait for out turn. “Can one desire too much of a good thing?”- (Quote Act IV, Scene I) I think this quote is quite self-explanatory, I think it talks about how some people can like something so much they kind of become greedy and will do anything for it. “I like this place, and willingly could waste my time in it”- (Quote Act II, Scene IV) I think this quote means that once people find a comfort zone they like staying there even if it is a waste of time. I think it also means that just because you are comfortable in satisfactory standards, it doesn’t mean you should stay there, and unfortunately that is what some people do. "For ever and a day"- (Quote Act IV, Scene I) This quote is used especially between to people who are in love, and it basically means that, whatever the certain person is promising you, they will do it for ever plus an extra day. For example people say ‘I will love you for ever and a day’. For our podcast on the rather modernized play //As You Like It// we chose the scene where Duke Senior gets banished by his own brother Duke Fredrick. The two themes we extracted from this scene were Betrayal and jealousy. Duke Fredrick was jealous of Duke Senior and therefore he betrayed him by banishing him. In our play Anastasia snitches on her sister Naomi because she has a boyfriend and their mum is not very comfortable with them hanging around boys. She betrays her sister because even when they made a promise to each other not to snitch Anastasia still goes behind her sister’s back, and does it because she was jealous, since Anastasia had a boyfriend and she did not.
 * __ Speare Notes: //As You Like It// Podcast __**
 * Plot Summary **
 * Characters **
 * // Rosalind: //** Rosalind is Duke Senior’s daughter and the niece to Duke Fredrick. She falls in love with Orlando the son of the late Sir Rowland, and after getting banished she runs away to the Forest of Arden disguised as Ganymede to find her father and new found lover. She is a protagonist because she tries to get her father back to the Dukedom. She is very courageous and loving.
 * // Orlando: //** The son of the late Sir Rowland De Boys, and is the brother to Oliver. He is also very courageous because he sums up the courage to fight Duke Fredrick’s wrestler. He is also a protagonist, and is one of the main characters in the play.
 * // Celia: //** Duke Fredrick’s daughter. She is extremely close with Rosalind and she knows he difference between good and bad. This is because even though Duke Fredrick was her father she still knew what he was doing was wrong. She falls in love with Oliver, Orlando’s older brother.
 * // Oliver: //** Oliver is Sir Rowland’s oldest son as so therefore was entitled to most of his dad’s property. At first he was very mean and did not want to hare any of this with his brother, but then he fell in love with Celia and that changed him completely.
 * // Duke Fredrick: //** He banished his own brother so that he could have power over the Dukedom. After he met a priest and decided to join a monastery he changed and gave the Dukedom back to Duke Senior. He is the antagonist in this story because he did two bad deeds; banished his niece and brother.
 * // Duke Senior: //** He was banished by his own brother and fled to the Forest of Arden with a few loyal friends. He is very humble because if he wanted o he could have fought back and made sure that he remained Duke, instead he gave his brother space until he came back to his senses and gave him back his dukedom.
 * Setting the Stage **