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As You Like It

sash.

Loved reading this for my 8th grade English Lit class. It's one of my favourite plays by Shakespeare, second to probably 'Macbeth'.

i love you as you like it i love you rosalind i love you orlando you silly little fruity guy i love you forest of arden

A little underwhelming for me in terms of Shakespeare. It had all the set ups for conflict between its characters— a Duke looking for the protagonists, multiple love triangles— but it remains somewhat plotless. That said, the dialogue is all very contemplative, most of it being a reflection on the roles we play in society because of our outward status. I suppose that is what Shakespeare was going for, using the protagonists disguises less as a plot vehicle and more as a gateway for these conversations to take place. However, I have seen Shakespeare deliver both riveting plot and reflective dialogue at the same time so I stand my case.

Joe Cloute

Amanda Faith

jess

i have a really hard time reading and focusing on shakespeare ok, but here it is: i don't care much for his comedies.

Book Frisson

I wasn’t as fascinated with it as I have been with other books in the past, but I did enjoy it as a Shakespearean play.

As You Like It (Signet Classics)

Brittney Wilson

Olivera Mitić

Had to read it for my English class. I didn't really enjoy it. Shakespeare is the God of instalove, and with this play he has actually shown us how big his power is.

Ana Jankovic

♥️ favourite quotes 
"O, thou didst then never love so heartily: If thou remember'st not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run into, Thou hast not lov'd"

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts"

💛 Funny quotes 
"-Rosalind is your love's name? 
-Yes, just. 
- I do not like her name.
- There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened."

"-By my troth, I was seeking for a fool when I found you. 
-He is drowned in the brook; look but in, and you shall see him."

"...and not being well married, it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife."

"Truly, thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side."
"But, mistress, know yourself; down on your knees, And thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love: For I must tell you friendly in your ear,— Sell when you can; you are not for all markets"

"O, that woman that cannot make her fault her husband's occasion, let her never nurse her child herself, for she will breed it like a fool."

"Is not this a rare fellow, my lord? he's as good at anything, and yet a fool."

Katerina Thorson

If you don't know this yet then I'm going to tell you: I AM A SHAKESPEAREAN GEEK!! And I'm totally proud of it!

As You Like It Folger Shakespeare Library

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