A wretched ragged man, oergrown with hair, Sweet Phoebe, do not scorn me. AS YOU LIKE IT A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare PHEBE: Think not I love him, though I ask for him; 'Tis Main (202) 544-4600Box Office (202) 544-7077. I will name you, the degrees: the first, the retort courteous; the, second, the quip modest; the third, the reply, churlish; the fourth, the reproof valiant; the. He is wealthy enough to negotiate for the purchase of a farm. Do not, Phoebe. Knowst thou the youth that spoke to me erewhile? Home | As You Like It Monologue (Jaques). Your patience and your virtue well deserves it. I fly thee, for I would not injure thee. His broken promise; and to give this napkin, A cross-dressing woman presents a very amusing spectacle temporarily, but the ruse cannot be maintained indefinitely. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. And he hath bought the cottage and the bounds. Down on your knees, Come and join the fun in our online acting class, Copyright 2023 StageMilk | an ARH Media PTY LTD website. As You Like It Written by Andrew Hearle on May, 6th 2019 | Shakespeare As You Like It. Now show me the wound my eyes have caused you. Where, meeting with an old religious man, After some question with him, was converted. Phoebe agrees to marry Silvius. Silvius Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me, do not, Phebe; 1 Say that you love me not, but say not so 2 In bitterness. View AS YOU LIKE IT.docx from ENGLISH 4 40 at Osceola High School, Seminole. The common executioner, 4 Whose heart the accustom'd sight of death makes hard, In the interim, he seizes Olivers lands. He woos Phoebe poetically, which is unfortunate as she has no taste for metaphor. Though words are good when the man speaking them is pleasant to hear. Orlando soon finds the old Duke in the forest. Ganymede intervenes to try to help Silvius prevail over Phoebe and win her love. I'm shocked that I didn't answer him back in the same way. Ill write to him a very taunting letter, And when that time. A monologue from the play by Shakespeare Act 2, Scene 7 Jaques All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, Lo, what befell! Why do you look on me? The best thing in him. Free trial is available to new customers only. In the presence of Duke Senior and his lords, Ganymede reminds Orlando, Silvius, and Phoebe of their promises. To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum. Thou hast my love: is not that neighbourly? What right did he have to scold me? Think not I love him, though I ask for him. Silvius is the hapless swain of the conventional pastrol school. Men of great worth resorted to this forest, Addressed a mighty power, which were on foot. He left a promise to return again Foul is most foul, being foul to be a scoffer. That would I, had I kingdoms to give with her. Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might:Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?, Dead shepherd, now I understand the power of what you said earlier: "You only truly love when you fall in love at first sight.". Even daughter, welcome in no less degree. Think not I love him, though I ask for him. ROSALIND (disguised as Ganymede), CELIA (disguised as Aliena), and CORIN enter, unseen. First, Rosalind begins to tire of the game she plays. And if mine eyes can wound, now let them kill thee: Then, a soldier. Thou tellst me there is murder in mine eye. The forest. Hes fall'n in love with your foulness. The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slippered pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wideFor his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble, pipesAnd whistles in his sound. Please consider making a small donation to help keep this site free. Rosalind, Celia, and Corin eavesdrop as Silvius desperately tries to woo Phebe. If you want to know where my house is, it's in the olive grove here close by. 7 I avoid you so that I won't hurt you. How thus we met, and these things finish. As You Like It, , As You Like It, As You Like It, Category: Book, WonderClub Stock Keeping Unit (WSKU) 9780521294126 Product Product Who gave me fresh array and entertainment, Patience once more whiles our compact is urged. Rosalind's As You Like It monologue is unique for its period and even within Shakespeare's oeuvre. Some scar of it; lean but upon a rush, Shakespeare utilizes a range of different perceptions and presentations of love in As You Like It; everything from the bawdy love of the lower class characters to the courtly love of the nobles. The matters in my head and in my heart. Full play here. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. Why, what means this? Instant PDF downloads. Celia and Oliver help her recover, and Oliver remarks that young Ganymede lack[s] a mans heart (IV.iii.163164). PHOEBE Rosalind, however, assures him that she was merely playing a part. Duke Frederick gives Oliver one year to produce Orlando. Now I do frown on thee with all my heart; Would you like to help us improve our sites? Plot - A Sophomore in high school, Tommy, is a fun-loving lad, who absolutely loves to hang out with his pals. Shakespeare based the play on Rosalynde (1590), a prose romance by Thomas Lodge. As by my faith I see no more in you But since that thou canst talk of love so well. [to SILVIUS] And shell fall in love with my anger. So holy and so perfect is my love, Elsewhere in the forest the Shepherd, Silvius, feels the pangs of unrequited love for Phebe, a shepherdess. Did make offense, his eye did heal it up. Every now and then let me have a smile, and I'll live on that. Lean upon a rush, The cicatrice and capable impressure Thy palm some moment keeps. My gentle Phebe did bid me give you this. No, I protest, I know not the contents; Though, it isnt without its dark edges. Jaques persuades. Now I'm frowning at you with all my strength. To do so would be to compromise Rosalinds virtue and denigrate her incomparably delightful character. to start your free trial of SparkNotes Plus. And why, I ask you? They have their exits and their entrances, Well, that's just being greedy. Andrew trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and is now a Sydney-based actor working in Theatre, Film and Television. Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, The opening of his mouth; but suddenly, Dennis:Olivers servant, Touchstone:a court fool or jester (clown), Phebe: a shepherdess That I shall think it a most plenteous crop, That the main harvest reaps. $18.74/subscription + tax, Save 25% Think not I love him, though I ask for him. But as I said, On Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen, That shall she, marry! Privacy policy. Duke Frederick is the younger brother of Duke Senior and the father of Celia. But what care I for words? 23 - Summary and Analysis, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Summary & Analysis, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning - Summary and Analysis. And it seems like the game might have to come to an end! 'Tis but a peevish boyyet he talks well. Besides, I like you not. If there be truth in sight, you are my Rosalind. Thou tellst me there is murder in mine eye: Made him give battle to the lioness, Before passing out completely, he charged Oliver to deliver an apology to Ganymede in the form of a bloodstained handkerchief. Why, that were covetousness. Don't start thinking that I love him, just because I'm asking about him. As those that fear they hope, and know they fear. Your if is the only peacemaker: much virtue in. have more cause to hate him than to love him. You are a thousand times more handsome than she is. Instead, Phoebe falls in love with, Rosalind, as Ganymede, pretends to be Rosalind while Orlando courts her. Orlando, envious that his brother Oliver and Aliena, having fallen in love, plan to be married immediately, tells Ganymede how. This to be true. Made to his mistress eyebrow. on 50-99 accounts. For I must tell you friendly in your ear. As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. I have undone three, tailors. Must you be therefore proud and pitiless? And one man in his time plays many parts, This transformation speaks to the mutability of the human experience: people can change and, as As You Like It insists, can change for the better. Oliver: When last the young Orlando parted from you But thats all one: omittance is no quittance. But mistress, know yourself. Sweet youth, I pray you chide a year together.I had rather hear you chide than this man woo. Cry the man mercy, love him, take his offer; Wilt thou, Silvius? Duke Senior has run off with a few mates into the Forest of Arden (the main location for the action of the play). And well he might so do, that eyeswhich are the frailest, softest things, and so cowardly that they shut their lids even to something as harmless as dustshould be tyrants, butchers, and murderers. Read more about the symbolism behind Ganymede. Continue to start your free trial. He is frantic and madly in love and he is always rebuked and rebuked by his stem mistress. Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me; do not, Phebe; Thou tell'st me there is murder in mine eye: Now counterfeit to swoon; why now fall down; Now show the wound mine eye hath made in thee: And why, I pray you? He is fleecy fool and has no self-respect. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black. Committing me unto my brothers love; Contact us Thy company, which erst was irksome to me. Than that mixed in his cheek . Tears our recountments had most kindly bathd, Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy, To ORLANDO. Orlando leaves Adam, near starvation, under a tree and goes off determined to find food. Under an oak, whose boughs were mossd with age, This moment of betrayal and corruption of. And why, I pray you? Rosalind and Celia, still in disguise, briefly discuss Orlandos tardiness. Welcome to the forest. He is not very tallyet for his years hes tall. Dyd in his blood, unto the shepherd youth You foolish shepherd: why do you follow her like the foggy south wind, sighing and raining tears? And be not proud. In the presence of Duke Senior and his lords, Ganymede reminds Orlando, Silvius, and Phoebe of their promises. Normally we did the show outside, but on this particular night we had to move inside . Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can entame my spirits to your worship.. Celia, ever faithful to Rosalind, decides to stay with her cousin and they too run away into the Forest. Rosalind is in disguise as a boy named Ganymede and Celia. I will be bitter with him and passing short. Which I have darted at thee, hurt thee not, Although the play at several points satirizes the pastoral mode for its simplicity and unreality, here it indulges in the pastoral fantasy that nature can heal the wounds inflicted by the artificial and corrupt hierarchies of the man-made world. Ganymede intervenes to try to help Silvius prevail over Phoebe and win her love. as you love Phebe, meet: and as I love no woman, I'll meet. Hymen, god of marriage, enters bringing Rosalind and Celia. Amiens song celebrating life in the woods is mocked by Jaques parody of the song. And I in such a poverty of grace, Not very well; but I have met him oft; SILVIUS 1 Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me; do not, Phebe; 2 Say that you love me not, but say not so 3 In bitterness. For what had he to do to chide at me? Sweet youth, I pray you chide a year together. Yet heard too much of Phebe's cruelty. for a customized plan. As You Like It centers around family strife: Duke Senior's younger brother, Duke Frederick, usurps his throne and throws the courtly world into disarray. In disguise, Touchstone, desiring a goat-keeper named Audrey, has arranged for a country priest to marry them in the woods. And whistles in his sound. Your email address will not be published. Sometimes it can end up there. According to the measure of their states. As You Like It. Into the lean and slipperd pantaloon, O Corin, that thou knew'st how I do love her! Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of "curing" him of his love for Rosalind. Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Wilt thou, Silvius? He obviously has much to say but Celia is too hungry to listen to this. He continues, saying that he and Orlando made amends and went to see the duke. Phebe falls in love with Ganymede at first sight. Now counterfeit to swoon, why, now fall down; Or if thou canst not, Oh, for shame, for shame. With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, His youthful hose well savd, a world too wide. Protagonist - Tommy D ude, you'll never believe what happened to me today. So fare you well: I have left you commands. I marvel why I answered not again. Rosalind:Duke Seniors daughter, cousin to Celia (Later Ganymede), Jaques:a discontented, melancholic lord (attending on Duke Senior) Now I do frown on thee with all my heart, And if mine eyes can wound, now let them kill thee. Orlando around the same time hears of a plot that his brother intends to murder him. Say . I'm shocked that I didn't answer him back in the same way. Two hours have passed, and he has not returned, as promised, to resume his love lessons. Celia:Duke Fredericks daughter and cousin toRosalind (Later Aliena), Le Beau:a courtier (advisor to the Duke Frederick) Did you know you can highlight text to take a note? became a word of tremendous elongation. At first, the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurses arms.Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like a snailUnwillingly to school. Lay sleeping on his back: about his neck Here's a monologue of him talking to his friend, Ivan, as they wait for the bus. I would not be thy executioner. I think she means to tangle my eyes too! Is his complexion; and faster than his tongue. He is a fine youthnot very finebut he's very proudand yet his pride suits him well. What though you have no. Rosalind: And why I pray you? If you even lean on a rush, it leaves a visible impression in your palm for a moment. He is not very tallyet for his years hes tall. Thou tellst me there is murder in mine eye. Besides, I don't like you. Nor, I am sure, there is no force in eyes. As You Like It: Act 3, Scene 5 5. Though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover O, thou didst then never love so heartily! so why must you be so proud and pitiless? Even the executionerwhose heart has grown hard from seeing so much deathstill begs his victim's pardon before he lets his axe fall. Knowst thou the youth that spoke to me erewhile? His crown bequeathing to his banished brother, That were with him exiled. Than any of her lineaments can show her. . Besides, I don't like you. I have promised to make all this matter even. That makes the world full of ill-favored children. Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me; do not, Phebe. Rosalind is in disguise as a boy named Ganymede and Celia. When from the first to last, betwixt us two, When he that speaks them pleases those that hear. I desire you of the like. 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