Read more Duke Frederick is a usurper, who took the throne from his brother and banished him from the land. An honorable fellow, he comes to dissuade Oliver from letting Orlando participate in the wrestling the next day.
Sir Oliver Martext is a country vicar who is not considered likely to do his job well, which is the very reason Touchstone hopes to use him rather than another for his marriage to Audrey. Corin is an old shepherd in the Forest of Arden. Silvius is a young shepherd, desperately in love with Phoebe and unwilling to believe that the aged can possibly understand his torment.
When Duke Frederick took power, he did not exile her, and she and her cousin Celia soon became inseparable friends. Duke Senior is rightly cautious about installing Jaques as the fool, fearing that Jaques would do little more than excoriate the sins that Jaques himself has committed. In fact, he is more like an aspiring fool than a professional one. When Jaques philosophizes on the seven stages of human life, for instance, his musings strike us as banal. Rosalind criticizes in order to transform the world—to make Orlando a more reasonable husband and Phoebe a less disdainful lover—whereas Jaques is content to stew in his own melancholy.
It is appropriate that Jaques decides not to return to court. Dowden, it is true that Jaques cultivates his mood melancholy like persons of hypersensitive temperament. Some regard Jaques as a cynic whose chief pleasure is to deride humanity and all its affairs and think his melancholy is rooted deep in the bitterness he has experienced in the life he has lived.
His contemplation of the weeping deer suggests thoughts of the misery, injustice and tyranny that exist upon the earth. He is perpetually finding fault, railing on Lady Fortune, censuring all mankind, aiming his sarcasms at persons of all conditions. Even the innocent life of the Duke and his companions in the forest does not escape his satires.
In his opinion, all are either fools or knaves. His humour is morbid, since it is opposed to all that is healthy. With the corruption of his soul, his humour, so to speak, has gone bad.
It has a touch of malevolence to it. His moralisings on the dying stag are born of malevolence. He envies the clothes of the fool because the fool has perfect liberty to attack anybody he likes. His attachment for Touchstones is due to two reasons.
First, Touchstone confessed himself to be a fool and this pleases the vanity of Jaques. Second, Touchstone censured Lady Fortune and his suits Jaques own cynical mood. The part played by him in the action of the drama is insignificant. We are simply actors who play the parts dictated to us by society. Even those we admire like Judges and Soldiers, are just doing it for the fame or money and learn how to play the part rather than actually embodying the part to help others.
Why is he saying this monologue? The monologue will fall flat with an underlining motive. Try to imagine you are saying these words for the first time and discovering the revelations as you go.
Remember that for the character this is the first time these words have ever been uttered. This is always tricky with such famous lines, but important if you want to portay this monologue is a believable and engaging way.
Detail the images in the monologue. Imagine the boy, the soldier, and the judge. The clearer you see the images the clearer it will be for the audience. Work through the monologue slowly when preparing it.
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