class notes 2/15/11

"As You Like it"
     Laurence Olivia


"These are counslers that feelingly pursuade me of what I am"

*Jamies Blog

Orlanda shows hero symptoms
which are
     *Strange birth, tried to be killed but spirited away
      *Foster child, usually male
        *battles monster
          * marries princess
            *goes into kingdom, gets in bad with gods comes into death at the top of hill
1) Seperation
2) Preperation
3) Return

Buddhas do not meet 1.old 2. young 3. dead

Nature pokes you so you are alive
    pg. 414 Dukes speech

What happens when you remove all mythological people from the wood?

Seven ages of man are planets... each speaks differently

1- mewling infant
2- whining school boy
3- sighing lover
4- oaths soldier
        *Miles Gloriosus-- the braggart soldier
5- Justice
6-pantaloon
7-second childishnish


"Of the feast of the ass"
           From Ritual to Romance -the holy grail

3 levels of time
      1 objective
           2 subjective
               3 natural



4 lovers AYLI
Sylvius & Phebe, Orlanda & Rosalind, Audrey & Touchstone, Oliver & Celia