Blog 10: As You Like It

First and foremost, I find it hard to understand the dialogues of the characters in this movie maybe because the English used is of the Elizabethan era. As You Like It was written by William Shakespeare and it is hard for me to understand and comprehend almost all of his works that I’ve learned. Basically, the movie, As You Like It tells you about Rosalind the daughter of a banished duke and she lives among a community of Westerners living in 19th century Japan. When her father is suddenly banished, she is forced to flee for the Forest of Arden because she faces the risk of being executed by her uncle. Joining Rosalind on her flight to the forest is her cousin Celia, who helps her to dress as a man in order to avoid detection. Later, Rosalind meets her beloved Orlando, another exile like her while making her way to the Forest of Arden. She determines to use the disguise to get the devotion of Orlando. In the end, they lived happily ever after, after facing several challenges. As far as I remember, this is the first Shakespeare’s comedy that I know of (in Now Read On) because Shakespeare to me is famous for his sonnets.