TALONS+English+2010+2011+As+You+Like+It+notes

**Characters:**

__ Main Characters __

** Rosalind ** -> Protagonist -> Her dad (former Duke) has been banished; she stays to be with her cousin __Celia__ (whose dad is the new Duke) -> Independent, good hearted, clever, witty, resourceful -> Disguises herself as a man named Ganymede (allusion to a prince in Greek Mythology with whom Zeus fell in love)

** Celia ** -> __Duke Frederick__'s daughter, Rosalind's cousin. Loves Rosalind, completely devoted -> Emotional to the extreme, bipolar -> Disguises herself as an old woman named Aliena (Latin for stranger)

** Orlando ** -> Youngest son of __Sir Rowland de Bois,__ who left his money/power to eldest Oliver -> Oliver deprives him of education, money, status. -> He is determined to overcome -> Pure, good hearted

** Oliver ** -> Oldest son of __Sir Rowland de Bois__, heir to all money, land, etc <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Heartless, admits to hating his younger brother, does everything he can to punish Orlando

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Duke Senior ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Rosalind's dad (Banished) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Likes life as retiree in the woods <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Rightful ruler of the Dukedom

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Jacques ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Loyal friend to Duke Senior <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> hopelessly melancholy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> (stock character)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Duke Frederick ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">->Younger brother of Duke Senior, who he usurped for the throne <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Cruel nature and volatile temper

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Touchstone ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">->Clown in the Duke’s court <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-> Loyal friend to Celia and Rosalind

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ Other Characters __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Charles ** – a professional wrestler in the Duke’s court; caring nature and political savvy

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Adam ** – elderly former servant of Sir Rowland de Bois; friend of Orlando, loyal and devoted

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Dennis ** – a shepherd in the Duke’s court

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Sir Rowland de Bois ** – father of Oliver and Orlando, friend of Duke Senior, enemy of Duke Frederick

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Le Beau ** – courtier serving Duke Frederick

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Lord Amiens ** – a faithful lord who accompanies Duke Senior into exile; loves to sing

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Silvius, Phoebe, and Corin ** – young shepherds

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Audrey ** – a simpleminded goatherd

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** William ** – a young country boy