Mr_Shank

This is the first post. I am making it up from last week.

Act 1:

As the story begins we have a young man named Orlando who is the youngest son of Sir Rowland De Bois who has passed away and the younger brother of Oliver. In his father’s will he was supposed to be taken care of by Oliver and supposed to have a good education. This is not the case. His brother is neglecting him and treating him like a servant. Orlando finally gets the guts to stand up to Oliver and give him a piece of his mind. When Orlando stands up to his brother he basically tells Oliver to show him the respect that he deserves and that he is as much of his father as Oliver is. Once he gets his point across he leaves the room and Charles enters. Charles is the Duke’s wrestler. Charles came to warn Oliver that Orlando is planning on fighting him and he doesn’t want to hurt Oliver in any way, but if Orlando challenges him he guarantees that he will not be walking by the end of the match. Oliver wants his brother to be hurt in the match.   

Oliver states that Orlando is just jealous of other people, but do you think that Oliver may be jealous of Orlando? If you believe he is jealous of Orlando use proof the story to state your opinion on why you think that. If you do not think he is jealous explain why.

The next scene is of Rosalind and Celia, two cousins who’s fathers hate each other. Rosalind’s father has been banished by Celia’s father. Rosalind is in great grief of her father’s banishment. Rosalind has not been banished because Celia and her are inseparable. Rosalind and Celia are just gossiping when Touchstone a jester comes to give Celia a message. Le Beau enters and starts talking to the ladies about wresting, and how Charles just beat 3 brothers. Next, Duke Fredrick come so talk to the ladies. He tells them about Orlando challenging Charles, and that he would like Rosalind and Celia to try and persuade him not to wrestle Charles. The two ladies can not stop him from fighting. No one thinks that Orlando can beat Charles. The begin the fight and Orlando wins. Rosalind and Celia begin to talk to him after the fight, they complement him and Rosalind gave him a chain. He is all tongue tied and doesn’t say a word.

Who did you think was going to win the fight?

In the third scene Rosalind is confessing her love of Orlando to Celia. While they are talking about Orlando Duke Fredrick (Celia’s father) walks in furious. He Banishes Rosalind. Celia fights with her father over why he is banishing her so suddenly. Celia comes up with a plan to go with Rosalind because they are “one.” They will go to The Forest of Arden where Rosalind’s father is staying. Rosalind will dress up as a man named Ganymede and Celia will be a peasant woman named Aliena. They are going to dress up to aviod thieves and thugs. Celia is going to talk to Touchstone about coming with them.

If you where Celia would you go with Rosalind?

Words to know:

• Banishment- To be expelled by authoritative decree: There is a lot of banishing happening
• Grieve- To mourn: Rosalind who is a main woman figure in the story has spent the whole story so far grieving
• Villain- The bad guy: Everyone is the bad guy from someone’s point of view
• Gentleman- A civilized well educated man: This is what Orlando would like to be treated as
• Wrestling- A sport in which two opponents fight: A popular sport in this book