As You Like It Deception

As You Like It, a classic play written by William Shakespeare, is almost impossible to put down. With mind blowing themes, dynamic characters, and attention drama filled conflicts. This play is guaranteed to capture and keep your attention. Love, Rivalry, and deception are just a few of the themes from As You Like It. Love is brought into the story in act one scene two when Rosalind and Celia try to stop Orlando from wrestling Charles. Rosalind immediately falls in love with the handsome and dashing Orlando. Orlando also falls in love with Rosalind who is as beautiful as a rose. Rivalry appears at the very beginning of the play in act one scene one. When Oliver plots to kill Orlando. Then the theme deception is brought in during act three scene two. Rosalind dressed as Ganymede tricks Orlando into wooing her. Symbolism is seen throughout the play. It is first seen in the Forest of Arden. The forest first represents a place of banishment, but is later seen as a safe haven from the court- a place where you can live freely. Another symbol is the deer. The deer is seen as a social inequality or a figure of innocence. Jacques feels very strongly about the deer and says,” Poor deer, thou makest a testameant. As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more…” Next we come across the she snakes and she

In this play you see many conflicts of man vs man. One of which is between Orlando and Oliver. Oliver plots to have Orlando killed in a wrestling match. Another example of man vs man is between Duke Fredrick and Duck Senior. Duke Fredrick banishes his brother Duke Senior to the Forest of Arden. In act four scene three man vs nature is brought to light when a snake tries to kill Oliver while he is sleeping. Man vs nature is also included after the snake tries to kill Oliver. Orlando runs into a she lion and is nearly killed in the process of saving his brother for the second