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| In the forest there is a hark back to old days without societal constructs taking all the time |
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| "Fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world." |
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| The move from court to country removes barriers for socialising |
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"Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you." |
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| The forest allows them to be positive about things even if it is a bit of a poor situation on the face of it |
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| Sweet are the uses of adversity which finds...good in every thing |
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| Orlando embraces the forest lifestyle |
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| Live a little; comfort a little; cheer thyself a little |
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| Youth/age is not an issue in the pastoral, as in this quote shows that young doesn't havae to mean fiesty |
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For in my youth I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. |
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| Adam appreciates that being old is not easy but also is not the end of the world |
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Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly. |
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| Adam is revered in the forest as a servant and a man |
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O, good old man, how well in thee appears
The constant service of the antique world,
When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Thou art not for the fashion of these times,
Where none will sweat but for promotion |
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| Touchstone does not like Arden as much as most - he feels out of place |
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Ay, now am I in Arden: the more fool I.
When I was at home I was in a better place;
but travellers must be content. |
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| The only worry in the forest is nature - and that is manageable |
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Here shall he see No enemy
But winter and rough weather |
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| Duke acknowledges the hard situation in the forest |
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| True is it that we have seen better days |
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| Famous speech concerning the role of humans in the world |
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All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players |
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| The poor weather is not nearly as hard to cope with as human cruelty |
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind!
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude |
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| Orlando is encouraged to let his feelings be shown in the forest |
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Run, run Orlando: carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she |
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| Orlando's rhymes are sweet but basic |
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From the east to western Ind,
No jewel is like Rosalind |
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| Everyone that arrives does indeed bring issues with them |
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| People need to progress - although at different speeds |
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Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
I'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal,
who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal |
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| Audrey doesn't mind being slightly common |
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| I am not a slut, though I thank the gods I am foul |
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| Pastoral realism on the subject of marriage - from Celia for Pheobe |
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| For I must tell you friendly in your ear:/ Sell when you can, you are not for all markets |
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| ’What my young master/ O ,my gentle master |
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| Adam and Orlando get along well |
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| ’A young man and an old in solemn talk |
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| Travellers experience a lot |
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| ’A traveller! By my faith, you have great reason/ To be sad. I fear you have sold your own lands to see/ other men’s. Then to have seen much and to have/ nothing is to have rich eyes and poor hands. |
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| ’I found him/ under a tree, like a dropped acorn |
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| Orlando is treated badly by Oliver |
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| ’’he keeps me/rustically at home.../...for call you that keeping, for a /gentleman of my birth |
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| the court is immediately established as a place that has lost respect due to the new lack of history |
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| ’What’s the new news at/ the new court |
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| Touchstone makes a good point about manners |
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| ’Those that are good/ manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as/ the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the/ court |
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| Duke Fred condemns Rosalind for her heritage |
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| ’Thou art thy father’s daughter, there’s enough |
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| Duke Senior shows the benefits of living in Arden |
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| ’my co-mates and brothers in exile,/ Hath not old custom made this life more sweet/ Than that of painted pomp |
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| living in the forest is free from danger apart from poor weather |
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| ’Here shall he see no enemy/ But winter and rough weather |
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| Orlando is laughed at for his carvings but in a totally innocent way |
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| ’There is a man haunts the forest that/ abuses our young plants with carving ‘Rosalind’ on/ their barks |
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| Jaques stays to recapture lost innocence |
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| ’Yes, I have gained my experience |
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| For Rosalind and Celia love is something to be discussed casually - realistically love cannot be described |
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| ’Let me see: what think you of falling in love |
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| Celia doesn't fully appreciate the loss Rosalind has when her dad is deposed - but quickly makes up for it by leaving with her |
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| ’Herein I see thou lov’st me not with the full weight/ that I love thee |
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| Love should make you fall flat on your ass a few times - the forest allows for a safe landing |
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| ’O, thou didst never love so heartily!/ If thou rememb’rest not the slightest folly/ That ever love did make thee run into,/ Thou hast not loved |
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| Oliver is unnatural in his hatred towards Orlando |
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| ’I never loved my brother in my life |
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| Love in the forest comes easily - as Oliver sees |
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| ’Is’t possible that on so little acquaintance you/ should like her? That but seeing, you should love her?/ And loving, woo? And wooing, she should grant? And/ will you persever to enjoy her |
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| Oliver hates Orlando out of jealousy |
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| ’he’s gentle, never schooled and yet learned, full of noble/ device, of all sorts enchantingly beloved |
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| Oliver comes good and talks up Orlando to the girls |
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| ’There he lay stretched along like a wounded knight |
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| Pastoral realism but with a twist - the forest is still appreciated here by Duke Senior |
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| ’And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind,/ Which when it bites and blows upon my body/ Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say:/ ‘’This is no flattery |
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| Corin injects some pastoral realism |
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| ’My master is of churlish disposition/ And little recks to find the way to heaven/ By doing deeds of hospitality |
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| The situation in the forest is described in a good light |
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| ’They say he is already in the Forest of Arden/ and a many merry men with him, and there they live/ like the old Robin Hood of England |
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| Old age is appreciated in the pastoral - seen as a strength rather than a weakness |
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| ’O good old man, how well in thee appears/ The constant service of the antique world,/ Where servants sweat for duty not for meed |
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| Classic end of comedy ending of marriage - fact Hymen is there shows women still have hope of holding power |
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| ’Here’s eight that must take hands/ To join in Hymen’s bands |
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| Orlando saves Oliver from "the snake" |
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| ’A wretched ragged man, o’ergrown with hair,/ Lay sleeping on his back; about his neck/ A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself |
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| Orlando speaks ill of Oliver as filial conflict is not natural |
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| ’I have heard him speak of that same brother,/ And he did render him the most unnatural/ That lived amongst men |
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| The forest enables people to wittle away time as though it was meaningless - the lack of progression means that it is easy to not take account for time |
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| ’I like this place/ And willingly could waste time in it |
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| Again, the lack of progression means it is easy to lose track of time |
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| ’Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time |
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| In the forest time is irrelevant |
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| ’There’s/ no clock in the forest |
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| Men are described as if they were seasons by Shakespeare |
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| ’men are April when they woo, December/ when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids,/ but the sky changes when they are wives |
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