As You Like It Characters
William he is a stock country character who serves as a contrast to the pastoral lovers silvius and phebe and also as a contrast to the town characters amiens a lord attending duke senior.
As you like it characters. Learn all about how the characters in as you like it such as rosalind and orlando contribute to the story and how they fit into the plot. He has a light delightful role and in this role he sings some of the most beautiful lyrics that shakespeare ever wrote. Jump to navigation jump to search. Line by line modern translations of every shakespeare play and poem.
There are two antagonists in the play as you like it. Duke living in exile. Much like a referee in a football game he stands on the sidelines watching and judging the actions of the other characters without ever fully participating. Definitions and examples of 136 literary terms and devices.
Duke frederick is one of the antagonists the other is orlando s brother oliver. Le beau a courtier attending upon frederick. All s well that ends well antony cleopatra as you like it comedy of errors coriolanus cymbeline double falsehood edward 3 hamlet henry 4 1 henry 4 2 henry 5 henry 6 1 henry 6 2 henry 6 3 henry 8 julius caesar king john king lear king richard 2 love s labour s lost macbeth measure for measure merchant of venice merry wives of windsor midsummer. Celia daughter to frederick.
Amiens jaques lords attending upon the banished duke. Detailed analysis of characters in william shakespeare s as you like it. Duke frederick is one of the antagonists the other is orlando s brother oliver. See below for a full list of all the as you like it characters.
Find related themes quotes symbols characters and more. Characters in as you like it. Frederick his brother usurper of his dominions. Full play here the court of duke frederick duke frederick.
Given his inability to participate in life it is fitting that jaques alone refuses to follow duke senior and the other courtiers back to court and instead resolves to assume a solitary.