As You Like It Shakespeare Characters

Dennis servant to oliver.

As you like it shakespeare characters. He is always in a melancholic mood earning him the title of melancholy jaques and constantly criticizes the duke and other characters. Celia daughter to frederick. Jaques as you like it jaques is one of the followers of duke senior. As you like it follows its heroine rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle s court accompanied by her cousin celia to find safety and eventually love in the forest of arden.

Second brother brother to orlando and oliver named jaques. The court that frederick has usurped from his brother the rightful duke known as duke senior and the forest of arden where the duke and his followers including the disgruntled jaques are living in exile. Characters in the play. Celia rosalind s cousin daughter to duke frederick.

Rosalind considered one of shakespeare s most delightful heroines is independent minded strong willed. See below for a full list of all the as you like it characters. Oliver his elder brother. Frederick his brother usurper of his dominions.

As you like it. Mary evans picture library. Orlando youngest son of sir rowland de boys. Duke senior was exiled to the forest of arden when his younger brother usurped his throne.

Shakespeare based the play on rosalynde 1590 a prose romance by thomas lodge. The daughter of duke senior. 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 night s dream much ado about nothing othello pericles richard 3 romeo juliet sir thomas more taming of the shrew the tempest timon of athens titus. Amiens jaques lords attending upon the banished duke.

As you like it is a pastoral comedy by william shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the first folio in 1623. Adam servant to oliver and friend to orlando. Le beau a courtier attending upon frederick. As you like it characters descriptions.

The play has two principal settings. The play s first performance is uncertain though a performance at wilton house in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. Touchstone and audrey characters in shakespeare s as you like it engraving by charles cousen after a painting by john pettie. Duke living in exile.

Celia s devotion to rosalind is. Rosalind daughter to duke senior.