1. Act 1 Scene 1, 2 and 3 Analysis

2. Scene 1 Introduces two major conflicts: Oliver versus Orlando Duke Frederick versus Duke Senior Oliver – the elder brother – Duke Frederick – the young brother Duke Frederick committed an unnatural act Oliver also committed an unnatural act by not implementing his father’s will. Natural law and order – context: mores of the Elizabethan era. Context: personal, social, cultural and historical Mores: important morals and values of a specific group Natural law: Ascendancy: occupation of a position of dominant power or influence – good over evil - both abuse their position and power Natural law: Fratricide – killing of one’s brother – Oliver wants his brother dead. Elizabethan era: a period of time when England was ruled of Queen Elizabeth I

3. Scene 1 Scene 1 also focuses on the matter of city life versus country life – a question much in discussion in Elizabethan England. Scene 1 also introduces status – status becomes a motif throughout the play. Status refers to an individual’s position in the hierarchy of society.

4. Scene 2 Love in the form of friendship: Celia and Rosalind Romantic love: Orlando and Rosalind Elizabethan era: choice versus arranged relationship

5. Scene 3 The villainy of Duke Frederick becomes apparent Both Duke Frederick and Oliver are villains – wicked person Duke Frederick banishes Rosalind to the forest of Arden Dramatic technique: disguise – Elizabethan audiences loved this dramatic device Rosalind chooses to go as ‘Ganymede’ Celia as ‘Aliena’ They want to take Touchstone with them The mood of freedom prevails throughout the play.

6. Analysing a Play Dramatic Techniques Language techniques Context Linking to Journey

7. How does an individual’s relationship with others influence and shape their journey? How does an individual’s place influence and shape their journey? Checklist: Sentence 1: answer the question directly – Sentence 2: must provide information about the context Sentence 3: Quote Sentence 4: Technique + effect Explanation: answer the following questions: 1)How does the technique create the effect stated in the technique sentence? 2)How does the technique support your idea sentence? 3)Does the quote appeal to logos, ethos or pathos? 4)How does the quote appeal to logos, ethos or pathos? 5)Why is the appeal significant in the context of the play? - Final sentence: summarise your main point and link to question.

8. How does an individual’s relationship with others influence and shape their journey? (I)An individual’s relationship with others influences and shapes their journey by creating challenges and barriers that lead to the alienation of an individual. (E) For example, during the Elizabethan era, the elder son would inherit and be responsible for his father’s wealth and hence, the elder brother’s control of this wealth meant that he controlled the distribution of wealth and could manipulate this to benefit his own power and position. (Q) Within the context, in the play, ‘As You Like It’, Orlando states, “I will not, till I please: you shall hear me. My father charged you in his will to give me good education: you have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities”. (T) Here, Shakespeare has utilised setting to indicate that the reason why Orlando has been alienated is not because of his status but rather his bad relationship with his brother, Oliver.

9. (E) Moreover, the setting, which is a barn outside the boundaries of the court, indicates Orlando’s alienation by positioning him with the poor peasants, which juxtaposes his social status with the peasants and hence, indicates that his current situation has been forced upon him by his brother. This is reinforced by the use of a number of similes, such as, ‘you trained me like peasant’ and ‘obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities’, which highlights that his brother placed barriers throughout his life that prevented him from obtaining a noble status. (L) Finally, Orlando’s alienation from the court, which was enforced by his brother, create barriers, such as, deprivation of education, which posed challenges to his social mobility and hence, impacted negatively on his life’s journey.

10. Quotes: I will not, till I please: you shall hear me. My father charged you in his will to give me good education: you have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities. The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes. Orlando

11. Homework Compose structured paragraphs in relation to the following questions: With reference to Act 1, Scene 2, outline how fortune and nature impact on an individual’s journey? With reference to Act 1, Scene 3, outline the significance of the relationship between Celia and Rosalind to their journey.

12. Fortune Ancient Roman Goddess Fortuna Represented as a blindfolded woman Symbolises chance: good & bad luck