Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, March 22nd, 2001
Over the years, critics have noted a variety of thematic oppositions in As You Like It: fortune versus nature, country versus court, a view of time "as the medium of decay" versus time "as the medium of fulfillment," "contrary notions of identity," "the conspicuous narrative artifice of the opening scenes" versus the "equally prominent theatrical artifice in the forest scenes," two different "manipulative modes," and, most recently. the concerns of a "generally privileged audience" versus "the concerns of wage laborers, servants, and clowns." [1] Even the play's title seems to refer to an oppo...
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