As You Like It: Rosalind As Ganymede
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All of William Shakespeare’s plays include a wide variety of characters, and his comedy, As You Like It, is no exception. There are characters that represent members of the high social class, or royal class, including both of the Dukes, Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, Oliver, and Jaques de Boys. On ....
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.... everyone else out. This essay will explore what Shakespeare included in Rosalind’s character that makes her the only balanced person in the play, and it will also show how she balances the other characters out.
The first action taken by Rosalind that indicates her balanced state is when Duke Frederick has banished her from his court, and she decides to leave disguised as a man. This action shows that even though she is female, she doesn’t feel the need to act feminine all of the time ....
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Page count: 9 (approximately 250 words per page)
