Mr_Shank

Alright, so this time i feel like blogging about Orlando. First off, is he gay? He agreed to woo a man. That seems a bit odd to me if he is in love with Rosalind. If I was her, I would be extremely worried that he wants to woo a man to get over a woman…

Oliver can’t find his little brother Orlando, and Duke Frederick says that until you find him, I’m taking all of your stuff. & if you don’t find him within a year, I’m keeping all of your stuff.

So, Orlando is wondering around Ardenne Forest and he is madly in love with a woman he doesn’t know, Rosalind. He carves her name in a whole bunch a trees to show her that he truly does love her. I wish someone would do that for me. (Touchstone and Corin have a completely pointless conversation about manners??) Then, to express his love for this woman even more, he writes awful poems in her honor and she finds them. She reads them and she realizes that someone loves her and she can’t wait to meet and see this guy that loves her. Rosalind then dresses up a a guy named Ganymede and talks to Orlando about how he can get him out of love. The remedy for this un-love is for Orlando to woo Ganymede, and Orlando agrees with his entire heart, which makes me question his sexual orientation.

Orlando isn’t included in the Act III scene iii but he is included in Act III scene iv. Orlando doesn’t show up at his appointment with “Ganymede” and that makes Rosalind question his truthfulness. She ends up comparing him to some guy like Christ, Judas. Their hair is very similar, so that means he is perfect, like Christ. Celia, Rosalind’s friend, says that he about as truthful as a bartender and doesn’t keep his promises.

My questions for you are do you think that Orlando is a liar and deceitful like Rosalind and Celia discuss? Why do you think he didn’t go to the meeting with Ganymede? Also, I think it would be fun to see what you think about him wanting to woo a man…

Mallory