William shakespeare
-1564-1616
-1590 left to be a playwright
-The most popular playwright at the end of Elizabethan period and early
Jacobean period, favourite of both monarchs
-His troupe was name King’s Men by James
-Inspired writers like Ben Jonson
-37 plays and 154 sonnets
-Developed the Shakespearean sonnet
-Revered as both the greatest playwright and one of the greatest poets
The play As You Like It
-pastoral comedy, romantic comedy
-published 1623 London
-set in 16th century, France; forest of Ardenne
-protagonist is Rosalind
-court versus country, realism versus romance, reason versus mindlessness,
nature versus fortune, expectations of male behavior versus those of female
behavior, and those who are born into nobility versus those who acquire their
social standing.
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As you like it as a romantic comedy
→what is a romantic comedy?
-History and traits; 2 young lovers, liked by many, kept apart for some reason but
get together at the end
-Goddess of love
-Moving to a pastoral setting
-A main plot and a sub plot involving aristocratic families and/or lower strata
-Love ends in a happy marriage
-Any societal disruption or deviance is corrected by the end
-Chief function is to entertain
→ all these points w reference to the play
Forest of arden as a transformative force/ role of forest of arden
-1564-1616
-1590 left to be a playwright
-The most popular playwright at the end of Elizabethan period and early
Jacobean period, favourite of both monarchs
-His troupe was name King’s Men by James
-Inspired writers like Ben Jonson
-37 plays and 154 sonnets
-Developed the Shakespearean sonnet
-Revered as both the greatest playwright and one of the greatest poets
The play As You Like It
-pastoral comedy, romantic comedy
-published 1623 London
-set in 16th century, France; forest of Ardenne
-protagonist is Rosalind
-court versus country, realism versus romance, reason versus mindlessness,
nature versus fortune, expectations of male behavior versus those of female
behavior, and those who are born into nobility versus those who acquire their
social standing.
-
As you like it as a romantic comedy
→what is a romantic comedy?
-History and traits; 2 young lovers, liked by many, kept apart for some reason but
get together at the end
-Goddess of love
-Moving to a pastoral setting
-A main plot and a sub plot involving aristocratic families and/or lower strata
-Love ends in a happy marriage
-Any societal disruption or deviance is corrected by the end
-Chief function is to entertain
→ all these points w reference to the play
Forest of arden as a transformative force/ role of forest of arden
