As You Like It

why shakespeare has only heroines in his play

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Strong female characters show up in comedies like "AS you like it" because Shakespeare seems to have felt they were more sensitive and logical when it came to matters of the heart. While men scurried about in moral quandaries, women seemed to have natural sensibilities that men lacked.

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Like many of Shakespeare's female characters in the comedies, Rosalind is strong, intelligent and resourceful. she also has a great sense of humor.

It takes a strong young woman to be able to live in the court knowing that her uncle is the reason her father has been banished. This strength comes from her companionship of her cousin. Celia. Their relationship is important for both of them.

Once she is told that she must leave, she is resourceful in coming up with the plan which takes them to the forest of Arden. These disguises prove to be perfect. Nobody recognizes them.

Her intelligence and sense of humor are evident in many ways. She uses both in order to teach Orlando how to woo. As for Phoebe's infatuation, she finds this amusing and we get the double meanings she uses with her.

All in all, Rosalind is a delightful character and remarkable young woman all things considered.

Strong female characters show up in comedies like "AS you like it" because Shakespeare seems to have felt they were more sensitive and logical when it came to matters of the heart. While men scurried about in moral quandaries, women seemed to have natural sensibilities that men lacked.

HOPE THIS HELPS !!!!!! Certainly Rosalind is one of the most lively and intelligent shakespeare heroines, carrying out wonderfully her disguise as Ganymede. Her love for Celia is deep and sincere. She learns to live without her father for a considerably long period of time, a will power which lacks even in the heroes. Her quick wit dominates over Touchstone and Jacques over courtly matters or with Celia over matters of fate and fortune. She is sassy, smart, independent, strong willed, good hearted and very clever.Her personality is revealed in her speeches. Certainly she possesses "Helen's cheek" , "Lucretia's modesty" and "Cleopatra's majesty" as said by Orlando, her lover. - See more at: http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shakespeare-has-no-heroes-but-only-heroines-what-207745#sthash.HFSLcaXn.dpuf

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