Setting in As You Like It
Everyone behaves differently in one place than they would in another. A teenager acts differently among their peers at school than they would in a pew at church. A teacher speaks differently to her young students in the classroom than she would at a PTO board meeting to parents. A lawyer’s formal speech in court is much different than their speech to their adolescent children. In William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the actions of the characters are dramatically affected by the places they inhabit. The two main places the play takes place in are Duke Frederick’s court and the Forest of Arden. These places directly affect the mood, speech, and formality of the characters. In the court, people are expected to always act respectively and in a civilized matter as it is the epitome of sophistication and a structured society. The Forest, however, is depicted as an easygoing, beautiful, and laidback woodland area filled
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Approximate Word count = 626
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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