LAST BLOG!! Laurisa-As You Like it Connector
For people in my group, you definately have to read and comment this blog.
In my previous connections, I related this play to Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. I’m not sure what else to relate this blog to now because there’s not too many things that are similar to As You Like It.
I guess what I will connect this to is pretty much everyday life. There are many fights over the inheritance of a deceased family member. And normally an older child or family member receives the inheritance. This obviously causes a lot of conflict and bad feelings between close families. But Oliver and Orlando’s story is quite different.
It seems like Oliver takes his internal hate of his brother to an extreme. He not only shares none of the fortune, but he practically disowns his brother in the beginning. He is unwilling to accept his brother and is full of himself because he believes his age entitles him to treat his brother terribly.
Therefore, this poem can be related to everyday life. I kind of think that Shakespeare wrote it to relate it to life, but made his plays a lot more entertaining and full of drama.
My questions for you are:
What was your reaction to the ending of this play?
Do you think that Orlando and Oliver could have mended the troubles before they escalated?
(these questions aren’t hard at all………because it’s the end of the school year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
~Laurisa : )
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May 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
Well I thought that it was a pretty lame ending. There was so much lying and scheming going on behind the scenes and in the end it was just one big happy ending. I would have been happier if something insane would have happened, like William would have gone crazy or something. Anyway….I think that Orlando and Oliver could have worked out there problems if they just would have tried to work them out together instead of just freaking out on each other. That’s all I have to say…..Thank you
Adam Lough
May 25th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Once again, this play had a very drab ending. I have said that in every comment and blog that I have written so far this week, but for the sake of this comment, I guess I have to say it again. The ending of the play was dull because everything worked out and everyone got there way. (The was meant to be said in a whiny recitive voice)
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