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Comedies of William Shakespeare: Character Analyses

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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

Character Analyses

Rosalind:

Rosalind is without question the most attractive character of the play,
as well as the most important, from the point of view of the plot. What makes
Rosalind so attractive is not only the energy and brains she displays
disguised as Ganymede, but, more important, her ability to laugh at herself
and her predicament. When Rosalind pokes fun at Orlando's sentimental
tendencies, as he swears he is about to die for love, ...

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