As You Like It Character Quotes

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As You Like It Character Quotes

Rosalind (Ganymede) Quotes

Literary critic Anne Barton says that "Rosalind is extraordinarily important in As You Like It, as central and dominating a figure in her fashion as Hamlet in his own, very different play." That's...

Orlando Quotes

Orlando is the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys. He's also the younger brother of the nasty tyrant Oliver and lover of Rosalind. If we think about Orlando's trajectory in the play, he...

Celia (Aliena) Quotes

Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick, cousin to Rosalind, and a general balance to Rosalind's foolish love. Celia and Rosalind, Together ForeverCelia values her relationship with Rosalind so mu...

Jaques Quotes

Jaques is one of Duke Senior's attendants and he's got a well-deserved reputation for being "melancholy." We might even say that Jaques enjoys being sad and mopey because he purposefully seeks out...

Touchstone Quotes

Touchstone starts off as Duke Frederick's court fool and ends up being Rosalind and Celia's partner-in-crime for their runaway adventure. As a "licensed fool," he literally has a license to say wh...

Oliver Quotes

Oliver de Boys is the oldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys, which makes him the older brother of Orlando and Jaques de Boys (not to be confused with Jaques the melancholy clown). Because he's the old...

Duke Senior Quotes

If the melancholy Jaques is a glass-half-empty kind of guy, then Duke Senior is the play's glass-half-full character. The first time we meet him in the Forest of Arden, he's living in exile becaus...

Adam Quotes

Kicking It Old-SchoolThere are two things to know about the guy who's spent his entire life serving the de Boys family: He's crazy old and he's crazy loyal. When Adam learns that Oliver wants to...

Silvius and Phoebe Quotes

Silvius is a young shepherd who is madly love with Phoebe, a snobby shepherdess who thinks she's way too good for Silvius. Like Romeo at the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Silvius is a cliché and...

Corin Quotes

Corin is an old shepherd and a native of Arden. He's also a really nice guy who spends his time trying to help his young friend Silvius come to terms with his dramatic love life (2.4). In many wa...

Charles Quotes

If you think Hulk Hogan or even Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson are the ultimate meathead wrestlers, you haven't met Charles. He's the neck-snapping, rib-cracking, limb-shattering court wrestler who's o...