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    As You Like It Act One

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    The document provides analysis of key quotes and themes in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It discusses metaphors and allusions relating to belonging, isolation, and freedom. Specifically, it notes that Celia and Rosalind belong together, as do Rosalind and Orlando through their developing relationship. In contrast, Duke Senior and Oliver are described as feeling detached and not belonging due to their situations being exiled from or oppressing others in the court. The forest represents a place where all can belong freely without conflict.

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    The document provides analysis of key quotes and themes in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It discusses metaphors and allusions relating to belonging, isolation, and freedom. Specifically, it notes that Celia and Rosalind belong together, as do Rosalind and Orlando through their developing relationship. In contrast, Duke Senior and Oliver are described as feeling detached and not belonging due to their situations being exiled from or oppressing others in the court. The forest represents a place where all can belong freely without conflict.

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    The document provides analysis of key quotes and themes in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It discusses metaphors and allusions relating to belonging, isolation, and freedom. Specifically, it notes that Celia and Rosalind belong together, as do Rosalind and Orlando through their developing relationship. In contrast, Duke Senior and Oliver are described as feeling detached and not belonging due to their situations being exiled from or oppressing others in the court. The forest represents a place where all can belong freely without conflict.

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    As You Like It Act One

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    The document provides analysis of key quotes and themes in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It discusses metaphors and allusions relating to belonging, isolation, and freedom. Specifically, it notes that Celia and Rosalind belong together, as do Rosalind and Orlando through their developing relationship. In contrast, Duke Senior and Oliver are described as feeling detached and not belonging due to their situations being exiled from or oppressing others in the court. The forest represents a place where all can belong freely without conflict.

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    AS YOU LIKE IT ~ W.

    Shakespeare
    - That differs not from the stalling of an ox - His horses are bred better Metaphor - Mutiny against this servitude Metaphor - Mar: Screw up - What, boy! [Strikes him] - they live like, the old Robin Hood of England- Literary Allusion/Intertextuality. Robin hood stole from the rich, and gave to the poor. This is a simile for Duke Senior being free, it suggests a tight reoup in which each member belongs (merry men). - Forest of Arden= Everyone belongs. - hates nothing more than he Hyperbole - for what he hath taken away from thy father perforce, I will render thee again in affection; ~ Presents love for rosalind, juxtaposition between force and affection. - Sport- Love between man and women. - Nature determines how were made, whereas fortune presents gifts of the world. - Prithee: Tell me/Explain - I have none to lament me, theworld no injury, for in it I have nothing; Shows orlando isolation and connotation of detachment and no belonging, hypercole of not having anything. - My father loved Sir Rowland as his soul- Duke Senior loved sir rowland as his soul - Gentle Cousin Celia speaks to Rosaling in such a gentle tone - Rosalind gives a chain from her neck to Orlando. Chain becomes physical symbol of her relationship. [Giving him a chain from her neck] - Overthrown more than your enemies extends idea into a metaphor. Metaphor for their connection. - Wrestling symbolises to represent the atmosphere of the court, one of conict, in which people dont get along.

    - But heavenly Rosalind Hyperbole for his infatuation. - With his eyes full of anger. Synecdote, which represents the dukes whole personality. His angry identity causes him not to belong, and to become detattached. - like Juno's swans Juno: Ancient Greek Goddess of Marriage (Mythological Allusion) - thou and I am one: Are one emotionally, hyperbole. - Aliena: Alien, Alienated, Isolation - Ganymede: Someone who has been taken out of there natural envirnoment. He was a good guy. - Both names act symbolically; mythological allusion. - To liberty and not to banishment. Contrast between positive connotations. They did not belong in the court, they will be free.

    People: Belonging: Celia and Rosalind, Rosalind and Orlando, Dont Belong: Duke Senior, Oliver,

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