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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
3.5...its just not as fun as some of the other romantic comedies
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This was supposed to be a comedy but I didn't think it was funny and it was hard for me to understand what was going on. Maybe it's just me but I don't understand Shakespeare's sense of humor.
medium-paced
challenging
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Feels like a knockoff Much Ado. I’m a Celia and Phoebe stan but that’s where my affection for this play starts and ends.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
What I delightful play! Rosalind is such a good character, and I'm particularly fond of her relationship with Celia and the various ways one could interpret it. I see what others mean when they say that this play feels like an intertwining of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet, the combination of which, honestly, worked out really well.
When Rosalind tells Touchstone, "Thou speak’st wiser than thou art ware of," she speaks for nearly every character in the play (II.4). We can't deny it: they ALL behave foolishly, or are perceived by others to be foolish, yet somehow utter observations about life, nature, and love, that are so profound and beautiful, I sometimes find myself smiling at the page while reading.
While it seems that many are dissatisfied with the conclusion, it actually feels fitting to me. There is a palpable "magic" that the pastoral setting possess in Acts 2-5 (which connects to that strange (?) *real* magic and deus ex machina right at the end with the appearance of Hymen–no spoilers, so I won't say more!), and which could feasibly change minds and lives upon entering the countryside–hence, the tidy, happy ending that many consider to be too tidy. But isn't that exactly what magic can accomplish? Or maybe I'm just defending the play's ending because I liked it?
When Rosalind tells Touchstone, "Thou speak’st wiser than thou art ware of," she speaks for nearly every character in the play (II.4). We can't deny it: they ALL behave foolishly, or are perceived by others to be foolish, yet somehow utter observations about life, nature, and love, that are so profound and beautiful, I sometimes find myself smiling at the page while reading.
While it seems that many are dissatisfied with the conclusion, it actually feels fitting to me. There is a palpable "magic" that the pastoral setting possess in Acts 2-5 (which connects to that strange (?) *real* magic and deus ex machina right at the end with the appearance of Hymen–no spoilers, so I won't say more!), and which could feasibly change minds and lives upon entering the countryside–hence, the tidy, happy ending that many consider to be too tidy. But isn't that exactly what magic can accomplish? Or maybe I'm just defending the play's ending because I liked it?
Re-read this because I went to see the RSC's production at the Barbican! I love Rosalind, one of the few female characters who drives the action for most of the play, but Jaques gets all the best speeches.
Another victim of I did not finish it for class but yeah we didn’t have enough time to finish could be I just don’t remember finishing and I need to reread it.