• 'Orlando and Rosalind' are important characters from William Shakespeare's comedy - As You Like It.
• As You Like It
- "As You Like It" is a pastoral comedy written by William Shakespeare.
- 5 acts বিশিষ্ট এই comedy play টি ১৫৯৮-১৬০০ সালের মধ্যে লেখা।
- ১৬২৩ সালে comedy টি First Folio এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে প্রকাশিত হয়।
- The Forest of Arden নামক একটি কাল্পনিক বনে অধিকাংশ কাহিনীর অবতারণা।
- রোমান্টিক কমেডি ধাঁচের এই নাটকে Orlando এবং Rosalind এর প্রেমের কাহিনী বর্ণিত হয়েছে।
• The important characters in this play are:
- Rosalind,
- Celia (Cousin of Rosalind),
- Orlando (Male lead),
- Oliver,
- Duke Senior,
- Duke Frederick,
- Touchstone,
- Audrey, etc.
• The famous quotations from this play:
- "All the world's a stage
And all the men and women are merely players."
- "Sweet are the uses of adversity"
- "Love is merely a madness."
- "To the last gasp with truth and loyalty."
- "I'll have no husband, if you be not he."
- "Under the greenwood tree who loves to die with me, and turn his merry note."
• অন্যদিকে,
• The important characters of 'The Taming of the Shrew':
- Katherine (Kate), Petruchio, Bianca, Lucentio, Hortensio, etc.
• The important characters of 'Love's Labours Lost':
- Ferdinand, (King of Navarre), Berowne, Longaville, Dumaine, etc.
• The important characters of 'The Tempest':
- Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand, etc.
Source:
1. Britannica.
2. An ABC of English Literature by Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
3. Website lecture.