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rachelsilvy 's review for:
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
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?