All the Worlds a Stage Background SourcesWhen Written N ovel Rosalyne or Euphues Golden Legacy Published 1590 by Thomas Lodge Lodges novel based on The Tale of Gamelyn ID: 647560
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As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
All the World’s a Stage…Slide2
BackgroundSlide3
Sources/When Written
Novel
Rosalyne, or Euphues’ Golden LegacyPublished 1590 by Thomas Lodge
Lodge’s novel based on “The Tale of
Gamelyn
”
14
th
-century poem
Written between 1598-1600Slide4
Elements of Shakespearean Romantic ComediesSlide5
Romantic Comedies
A struggle of young lovers to overcome difficulty, often presented by elders
Separation and reunificationDeception among characters (especially mistaken identity
)Slide6
Romantic Comedies
A clever servant
Disputes between characters, often within a family Multiple, intertwining plotsSlide7
Romantic Comedies
Pastoral
elementsHappy endingEnding usually ends in reunification of separated characters, marriages (sometimes multiple)Slide8
The Pastoral RomanceSlide9
Pastoral Romance
“Pastoral” meaning “relating to shepherds or herdsmen” and “rustic life” (in the country)
“Romance” meaning “love”Presents idealized, not realistic, view of country lifeSlide10
Pastoral Romance
Examples of pastoral poetry
“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlow“The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Walter RaleighSlide11
Common Elements in Pastoral Romances
Lovesick shepherds and the shepherdesses who scorn them
Forests: where magical transformations occur; and true love flourishes after rigorous testing; a place of deposed rulers, merry men, kindly outlaws Slide12
Common Elements in Pastoral Romances
Journeys, adventures, and learning: a young knight leaves court to travel and seek his fortune. He has many adventures in remote places and undergoes trials from which he learns Slide13
Common Elements in Pastoral Romances
Love and faithfulness: he loves a beautiful woman. She occupies all his thoughts
Coincidence: all kinds of improbabilities and coincidences occur Fathers: a beautiful woman has a harsh father Slide14
Common Elements in Pastoral Romances
Disguise: mistaken identity and disguise feature in many stories
Happy endings: the Knight marries his beloved, and the stories end with forgiveness, reconciliations, and virtue triumphant Slide15
Literary ElementsSlide16
Setting
Forest of Arden primarilyCould reference both Arden woodlands near Shakespeare’s hometown or the region of Ardennes in northeast France
Court of Duke FrederickSlide17
Things to Take Note of Relating to Theme/Motifs
Pastoral Life
in contrast to life at courtFortune vs. Nature“fortune”—both material gain achieved through power, birthright, and possessions, and a force that unpredictably determines events
“nature”—both purifying force of Arden and humanity stripped of wealth, power, and material possessionsSlide18
Things to Take Note of Relating to Theme/Motifs
Time
Specific time at court vs. less precise time in ArdenSexual IdentityGender rolesSlide19
Things to Take Note of Relating to Theme/Motifs
Acting and the Stage
References to acting, role playing, scenes, and the stageSlide20
Dramatic Terms
ReviewSlide21
Monologue
A speech by a single character without another character's responseSlide22
Soliloquy
A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage.
If there are no other characters present, the soliloquy represents the character thinking aloud.Slide23
Aside
Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.Slide24
Plot Structure
Exposition: The first stage of a fictional or dramatic
plotRising Action: A set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climaxSlide25
Plot Structure
Climax: The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the
workFalling Action: the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolutionSlide26
Plot Structure
Denoument
or Resolution: The resolution of the plot of a literary workSlide27
Foil
A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or storySlide28
Dramatic Irony
a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters