As You Like It | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Adam - This character represents the ideal of service.

Aliena - This is one of the female character's aliases.

Amiens - This character voluntarily goes into exile.

Attendants - These characters do not have speaking roles.

Audrey - This character's logic is easily twisted by other characters.

Celia - This character represents that pastoral identity in Elizabethan England.

Charles - This character informs the audience of several important plot details early in the play.

Corin - This character's direct logic exposes the superficiality of court life.

Dennis - This character appears briefly when...
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