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A 5 page paper which examines how two scenes, Act II, Scene I and Act IV, Scene III depict this pastoral setting as a golden world. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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This is never more evident than in his romantic comedy, As You Like It, in which the characters, for one reason or another, need to escape the civilized world and
find an idyllic respite in the magical Forest of Arden. In the play, Arden is as significant as any of the characters, for it represents a fictional space in
which Shakespeare invests many associations and symbolic meanings. For some, it epitomizes freedom from tyranny; for others it is a place where one can live a pure and simple
life, and inhibitions can be released from the burdens of social constraints. As Shakespeares title coyly suggests, Ardens symbolic reverberations may vary with the observer or audience. According
to author Isaac Asimov, the Forest of Arden is associated with "the bucolic bliss that is conventional in pastorals" and that its symbolic significance for many audiences rests in the
"special delight in a simple life that existed in the good old days" (563). Critic Charles Forker concurs, observing, "Arden becomes a highly idealized place... defined in large measure
by an ethos of relaxation, art, romantic love... The forest symbolizes... the Edenic world of innocence and charity" (72-73). To this observer, the forest is depicted as a pastoral
or golden world not unlike the biblical garden of Eden in two particular scenes, in Act II, Scene I and in Act IV, Scene III. Even the name Forest
of Arden is remarkably similar to the Garden of Eden, further heightening a symbolic connection. The pastoral splendor of the Forest of Arden is first revealed in Act II, Scene
I, in which the exiled Duke Senior and his band of crusaders for justice are reminiscent of Robin Hood and his band of merry men. In this scene, Duke
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