As you like it - William Shakespeare

As you like it

a)Why was there a feeling of resentment between Orlando and Oliver?
     A.Since Orlando and Oliver were not in the best of terms. Orlando always felt that Oliver had been looking after Jacques their younger brother, but used to ill treat him thus; there was a feeling of resentment between both of them.

    b) Why had Charles the wrestler come to meet Oliver?
   A.When Charles heard that Orlando had decided to participate in the wrestling match he came over to meet Oliver and asked him to dissuade Orlando from competing.  As he would be required to defeat Orlando for his own honour.

    c) What did Adam ask Orlando to do? Why?
   A. Adam told Orlando to flee from the land because he had learnt that Oliver was plotting against him.

    d) What orders did Duke Fredrick give Oliver?
    A. Duke Frederick believed that Rosalind and his daughter had run away with Orlando. This made him furious and so he ordered Oliver to find and bring them back.

    e) Why did Rosalind and Celia go to the forest?
   A.Duke Frederick had decided to banish Rosalind to Arden as he had earlier  banished her father. Celia was distraught by this and had thus promised to accompany Rosalind into the forest.

   f) How did Rosalind know that Orlando was in the forest?
 A.When Rosalind found her name and poems on the trees, she realized that Orlando too was in the forest.