'Let no face be kept in mind
But the fair of Rosalind.'
Act III, sc 2
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Before he died, Sir Rowland de Boys asked Oliver, the eldest of his three sons, to see to the education of the younger two. Jaques, the middle son, was sent to university but Orlando, was kept at home, poor and uneducated. Orlando opens the play by complaining about his lot to a faithful elderly servant, Adam. Orlando says that although he was born a gentleman, he has been stripped of all status and is worse off than the animals. Read more...
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