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A Shakespearean comedy, As You Like It offers readers a variety of light entertainment: romance, comedy, and wordplay. It depicts an improbable plot in the tradition of Elizabethan drama. In addition, it affords students an opportunity to explore important themes such as the power of loves ability to triumph over the desire for revenge. Students analyze the romantic comedy plot, explore the relationship between setting and theme, and examine satire and the role of pastoralism in Elizabethan literature. They also recognize examples... read more

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As You Like It tracks the travails of young lovers and despotic rulers as they chase one another from the palace of Duke Frederick to the Forest of Arden. Shakespeare's classic work weaves together greedy inheritors, despotic rulers, a cross-dressing princess, and some magic before drawing to a dramatic close.