Aryn
O'Connor
The Role of Gender & Sexuality in Shakespeare's "Green World":
Focusing on As You Like It
Stothard, Thomas, "As You Like It, act V, sc.4", 18th/19th cent., Folger Digital Image Collection.
Set in France, this play contains a number of pastoral elements including the use of the Forest of Arden, a "green space" that removes the characters from the norms and strictures of society, as well as the use of disguises. Both of these elements contribute to a shift in gender and sexual norms that are easily demonstrated in the play's characters.
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Hayman, Francis, "The Wrestling Scene from 'As You Like It'", c. 1740-2, from the Tate Britain Collection
Wilson, William Charles, 1"As You Like IT, act 4, scene 3, Forest of Arden", 1798, Folger Digital Image Collection
Fleay, Frederick Gard, "The Land of Shakespeare", 1889, Folger Digital Image Collection.
Rhead, Louis, "As You Like It. Celia - I pray you bear with me, I cannot go no further [graphic]", c.1918, Folger Digital Image Collection.