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As You Like It: Grow Up, Oliver! - Term Papers

As You Like It: Grow Up, Oliver!

In Shakespeare's As You Like It, many of the characters undergo
changes. I believe that Oliver, the older brother of Orlando, is envious
of his younger sibling. Jealous of Orlando's popularity, Oliver spends
much of his time contemplating on how he can destroy his brother. After
Orlando saves Oliver's life, Oliver finally gives up on planning his death.
He changes his views completely. His callous reputation is almost
forgotten by the end of the play. Because of his new love for Celia,
Oliver seems to become more mature and does not show his envy for Orlando
in such a juvenile way as before.

We, as humans, experience envy almost everyday. How we deal with
it is merely up to us. ...

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and is aware that he should not let his envy get
the best of him. The reader may wonder why Oliver would be jealous of
Orlando. Orlando is popular and strong, and smart. Oliver is unhappy and
therefore cruel. In a monologue that Oliver addresses to the audience he
says, "Yet he's gentle, never / schooled and yet learned, full of noble
device, of all / sorts enchantingly beloved, and indeed so much in / the
heart of the world, and especially of my own / people, who best know him,
that I am altogether/ misprized" (1.2.163-8). After reading this quote
about Orlando, it is clear that Oliver feels sorry for himself because he
was not given all of the same advantages of his brother. He feels
inferior to his younger sibling and that is what is making these unheard
of thoughts enter his mind. To show that Oliver is not as callous as he
may seem, Shakespeare transforms him into a good guy by the end of the
play.

The typical man would not come to his brother's rescue if he ...

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Added: 12/17/2006 07:48:10 PM
Category: Arts
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