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1	!!As the play is OlderThanSteam and most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now [[ItWasHisSled widely known]], all spoilers on this page are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].
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3	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment - The famous "all the world's a stage" speech (which actually has little to do with the meaning the quote is given) is a very morose speech delivered by [[TheEeyore the resident Eeyore]] and talks about the frailties of life and inevitability of death--very out of place in a sitcom-type comedy like ''As You Like It''.
4	** It happens at the end of the scene in which Jaques describes encountering Touchstone, who impresses him with a witty metaphor comparing... well, comparing a "sundial" (it's really his dick) to the way time works on humanity. He managed to make the process of first growing into yourself and then losing all that to the ravages of time hilarious, and thus inspires Jaques to try his hand at being a fool... except Jaques is reminded over the course of the scene of his current misfortunes (Duke Senior describes him as having been a "libertine" and mentions a few features that are consistent with the symptoms of syphilis) and so when he tries to copy Touchstone with a metaphor on the same topic, his observations are intelligent, but completely lacking in the humor that delighted him. So he makes himself sad again talking about how we're all going to die, and pretty much gives up on the idea of being a fool himself after that.
5	** "Hour by hour we ripe and ripe, hour by hour we rot and rot." This actually made sense in Elizabethan English--it wound up sounding like "whore ('ore) by whore we rape and rape, whore by whore we rot and rot," but the changes in word pronunciations has made it into just a weird bit of doggerel.
6	* FridgeLogic: Rosalind and Celia's purpose in running away is to get to Rosalind's father. Yet, for no good reason, they stay among the shepherds within easy walking distance for a prolonged period with no attempt to contact him. Then she insists on claiming to do magic to produce herself, even though everyone instantly realizes who she is.
7	* HoYay
8	** Orlando courts Rosalind ''while he thinks she's a man''. Even in the productions that don't play this as him falling for "Ganymede,"[[note]]That name, by the by, originally belonged to Zeus' male lover in Myth/ClassicalMythology and thus was used to denote an object of male homosexual affection in Renaissance England[[/note]] the implications are pretty overt.
9	** Also a Les Yay: Rosalind and Celia. Le Beau even says that their love is "closer than the natural bond of sisters".
10	* {{Moe}}: Rosalind is arguably the most lovable character in all of [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]].

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