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As you like it is one of a famous comedy plays of Shakespeare. Rosalind is one of his most inspiring female characters, also she has more line than any female of Shakespeare characters, Rosalind, the daughter of exile Duke falls in love with Orlando the son of a nobleman who recently died. When she is banished from her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, she takes her cousin Celia and Touchstone with her to the Ardenne forest where her father and his friends exile, she pretends as a boy. Themes about

“As You Like It”, is a Shakespearean comedy that is believed to have been written around the 1600’s. This play holds onto many strong motifs throughout the entire play. One of the most obvious motifs would have to be the concept of exile. Many of the characters in the play have been intimidated away from their homes, while others left voluntarily to live in the forest of Arden. This separation from their homes in the court aids in helping Shakespeare’s major themes come alive. The major themes evident

In William Shakespeare’s play, As You Like It, the protagonist, Rosalind, disguises herself as a boy for the majority of the play. Rosalind is used by Shakespeare to help divulge a portion of Shakespeare’s personal life and also show flaws in the unique stereotypes that are expected for boys and girls. Shakespeare’s main use for Rosalind was to illustrate the unique features and characteristics that boys and girls are expected to have and how easily they can be overlooked. Even though boys and girls

SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY PHILOSOPHY The play to be reviewed is As You Like It, written by William Shakespeare. The prevailing philosophy throughout the play is existentialism. What is existentialism? Existentialism can be defined through its ontology. Ontology is the study of the nature of reality and is also called the theory of reality. The ontology of existentialism can be discussed in under concepts of man and existence. In the concept of man, existentialists believe that man is not bound by any antecedent

The play to be reviewed is As You Like It, written by William Shakespeare. The prevailing philosophy throughout the play is existentialism. What is existentialism? Existentialism can be defined through its ontology. Ontology is the study of the nature of reality and is also called the theory of reality. The ontology of existentialism can be discussed in under concepts of man and existence. In the concept of man, existentialists believe that man is not bound by any antecedent human nature but rather

effects. In As You Like it, the disguise becomes very farcical. Disguise may be perceived in a lot of different ways. In this part the thesis will focus on the disguise which

After considering all the definitions available from The Oxford English Dictionary Online of the word giddy chosen from the passage, As You Like It Act 3 Scene 3, lines 281–328, I had concluded that Definition 3 A deemed to be the most relevant to the passage. The description of “attributes and actions” and “elated to thoughtlessness” {OED online, 2017) seems rather fitting to the character of Rosalind, and almost key, for Rosalind a petite but noble, wise woman, with a profound knowledge of all

In watching “Bend it like Beckham”, I learned a lot about Jess and her family situation. All the things that Jess wanted to be was prohibited by her culture. All she wanted in her life was to be able to play soccer like David Beckham. During the movie she faced a lot of challenging obstacles to be able to play it at the end in America. Although she struggled a lot during the movie her family, and friends finally gave in and decided to support her dream. I see myself as Jess because I too have trouble

Gurinder Chadha directed the film Bend It Like Beckham which was released in April of 2002. In this movie, the motif of David Beckham is presented through the various cinematic techniques that Chadha displays. Jessminda, the protagonist in the film, looks upon Beckham as her ‘God’, inspiration and mentor. Lighting, soundtrack and colour are three main elements used to convey Jess’ emotional state throughout the film as seen in the ‘Opening scene’, ‘Taking down Beckham’ and ‘Beckham at the airport’

Recently, I watched the 2002 film ‘Bend it like Beckham’. The director, Gurinder Chadra, teaches the viewers many life lessons to learn along the way. Today, I will be be analysing three life lessons that Grinder added to the film. These will be “Being true to ourselves”, “The importance of family”, and “Following our dreams”. The first lesson, “Being true to ourselves”, was shown through to the movie through Jess and Jules. Jess, always wanted to be a soccer star. Even from at the very beginning