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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 conflict, in which people

dont get along.

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- 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,