Question

8. Read the summary of the play 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare
using the Internet. Find out which character has narrated the above poem
and on what occasion. Also, make a list of all the characters of the play.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Characters in "As you like it":

Duke Frederick, Rosalind, Celia, Touch stone, Le Beau, Charles, Some lords and ladies present in court, Oliver De boys, Jacques De Boys, Orlando De Boys, Adam, Dennis, Duke Senior, Jacques, Amiens, Some lords in the forest court, Phebe, Silvius, Audrey, Corin, William, Sir Oliver Martext, Hymen, and other musicians play the roles of different major and minor characters in this play.

There is no exact source that proves who might had narrated the play. While some sources say that it was Willliam Shakespeare himself, others talk about the beginning conversations of the play in Act I, Scene I which starts amidst a forest location with the introduction of "Rosalind" with her cousin "Celia"  to the forest of Arden in order to avoid persecution in her Uncle's court..

It is a great pastoral comedy.

Answer 2

Answer:

William Shakespeare

Explanation:

Duke Frederick, Duke Senior's younger brother and his usurper, Celia's father

Rosalind, Duke Senior's daughter

Celia, Duke Frederick's daughter and Rosalind's cousin

Touchstone, jester

Le Beau, courtier

Charles, wrestler

Lords and ladies in the court of Duke Frederick

Oliver de Boys, the eldest son and heir

Jacques de Boys, the second son

Orlando de Boys, the youngest son

Adam, a faithful old servant who follows Orlando into exile

Dennis, Oliver's servant who called Charles

Exiled court of Duke Senior in the Forest of Arden:

Duke Senior, Duke Frederick's older brother and Rosalind's father

Jaques, a discontented, melancholic lord

Amiens, an attending lord and musician

Lords in Duke Senior's court

Oliver de Boys, the eldest son and heir

Jacques de Boys, the second son

Orlando de Boys, the youngest son

Adam, a faithful old servant who follows Orlando into exile

Dennis, Oliver's servant who called Charles

Exiled court of Duke Senior in the Forest of Arden:

Duke Senior, Duke Frederick's older brother and Rosalind's father

Jaques, a discontented, melancholic lord

Amiens, an attending lord and musician

Lords in Duke Senior's forest court

Country folk in the Forest of Arden:

Phebe, shepherdess

Silvius, shepherd

Audrey, country girl

Corin, elderly shepherd

William, country man

Sir Oliver Martext, curate