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As You Like It (Shakespeare Library Classic) | William Shakespeare

This is all from the intro section. I read it last night, so I can start it today.

Wow, so this woman is going to chose an interesting name for her cross dressing/male alter ego. #asyoulikeit #intro #shakespeare #shakespearereadalong

readinginthedark 😕Maybe she‘s just going for the “contrary to nature” aspect? I kind of doubt Shakespeare was trying to imply sodomy in this instance... 7y

GingerAntics @readinginthedark I don‘t know. I guess we‘ll have to see. Usually he means something by his character names. So I guess we‘ll have to see how it all plays out. 7y

Jess_Read_This Omigosh.. I had no idea that background on that name and what it means. 7y

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GingerAntics @Jess_Read_This about Jupiter‘s cupbearer or the sodomy? 7y

JennAndrew @GingerAntics @Jess_Read_This @readinginthedark This is very interesting. I can‘t help but lean towards the cupbearer/ inferior character being the likeliest reason for the name choice. Perhaps that‘s misplaced prudishness though? Maybe when Rosalind suggests making sport of love, she actually means sodomy with a forest full of exiled men? Certainly one way to pass the time! 7y

JennAndrew Also I apologise for all the comments! I‘m reading back through and getting carried away with the discussion. I promise I‘ll try not to be too much of a pest! 😬🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y

GingerAntics @JennAndrew naw you‘re just fine, join the fun (the conversation not the forest of exiled men lol). I would lean that way too, personally. I actually got the sodomy bit from the information in my edition. The guy that wrote the intro info, Eric Rasmussen, usually gives really good and pertinent info, so maybe something happens in the play I‘m unaware of. 7y

GingerAntics @JennAndrew Another thing to keep in mind is that Shakespeare really was a dirty old man, so it could have just been another one of his bawdy jokes. I don‘t think he could help himself. The sodium bit comes from the mythology as well, and Tudor England used the name as a euphemism, so it may be a hint of things to come. 7y

readinginthedark @JennAndrew No apologies necessary! We‘re all here for the discussion! 😂 Also, poor Rosalind, sullied by the queries of modern minds! But yes, Shakespeare was both dirty and witty, so you never know... @GingerAntics @Jess_Read_This 7y

Jess_Read_This @GingerAntics The sodomy part. Which I would think that Shakespeare must have known about the term? 7y

GingerAntics @Jess_Read_This Knowing Shakespeare, he did. In fact, knowing Shakespeare, he may have chosen for the euphemism/double entendre/meaning behind it. He‘s done it in other plays, so I would be highly surprised if this was an accident. 7y

GingerAntics @JennAndrew WELCOME TO THE PARTY!!! 7y

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