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Discuss the different types of love in Act 3 of As You Like It
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Discuss the different types of love in Act 3 of As You Like It
Rebecca Lau
In Act 3, Shakespeare portraits love in different characters' point of views, also showing the different ways love can be expressed in. Orlando and Silvius both express their love openly, not fear of embarrassments. Touchstone's love is very realistic; Phoebe's way of express is very childish; and Rosalind's words are very self-contradicting.
Touchstone's point of view of a "wife" is a tool that can be replaced or thrown away at any time. Just from the excuse he gave from not having a proper wedding "for he is not like to marry me well and, not being well married, it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife", it can show that he doesn't really value this marriage and is already thinking about divorcing before they are even married. Also from the reason he gave about the marriage is just "by so much is a horn more precious than to want", we can tell how he sees Audrey as a person. Audrey in Touchstone's eyes can be seen as an object or just a releasing of sexual
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