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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Pineas, Rainer
Affiliation: Professor Of English, York College, City University Of New York

As You Like It: Act 4

Act 4: Scene 1

Jaques meets Rosalind in the forest and expresses a desire to become
acquainted with her. Rosalind has heard that Jaques has a reputation for being
melancholy and asks him if what she has heard is true. When Jaques answers
that he loves melancholy rather than laughter, Rosalind answers that any
extreme, whether of sadness or of gaiety, is to be avoided. To Jaques' reply
that "'tis good to be sad and say ...

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