How Does Rosalind Change Throughout The Play

As You Like It is one of the best comedy works of William Shakespeare. The stories in the play deal with hate, love, deception. Rosalind, who is the daughter of expelled Duke became attached and in love with Orlando who is the disowned son of the Duke’s friend. Rosalinda was expelled by her uncle Duke Frederick, who was in power illegally. She went to the forest of Arden where her father and his friend lived and she was accompanied by her cousin Celia and the fool Touchstone. Rosalinda disguised herself as boy and called herself Ganymede. At end of the play four marriages took place including Rosalinda and Orlando and the wicked characters became good. Oliver became warmhearted and compassionate and the Duke changed and became a religions
Rosalinda was expelled by her uncle Duke Frederick, who was in power illegally. She went to the forest of Arden where her father and his friends lived and she was accompanied by her cousin Celia who is Duke Frederick’s daughter and the fool Touchstone. Rosalinda disguised herself as boy and called herself Ganymede. She used her disguise to test Orlando’s true motives and emotions. The forest of Arden is a residence for many different characters. Oliver changed his evil manners and marries Celia and Orlando marries Rosalind. At the end Duke Frederick became religious person and allowed Duke senior to rule once
Disguise is a very important element of comedies such as As You like it because it allows for entertaining misconceptions of identity and comedic scenarios that would otherwise not have occurred. Bracher states, “The greater inclusiveness promoted by As You Like It is enhanced not only by the jarring of the fool but also by the disguise or role-playing the characters engage in. Like puns and wit, disguise in Shakespeare’s comedy fosters inclusiveness in the audiences as well as in the characters” (235). Rosalinda, pretending to be a young man called Ganymede, meets with her (Rosalinda’s) love interest, Orlando, to give him advice on how to woo Rosalind(herself). Orlando is under the impression that Rosalind is a man called Ganymede, therefore he is willing to express his deepest desires. Similarly, Oliver’s love for is Celia is proven to be genuine by the presence of Celia’s shepherdess disguise, because she can be certain that he loves her and not for her status. Bracher indicated that “In love, one adopts the perspective of the other: when the other is injured, one hurts; when the other is happy, one is joyful.” (234). Orlando could not achieve this kind unselfish and internal love if it was not for