As You Like It | Act III Commentary

Scene i: Another city scene creates a second juxtaposition between the two dukes. While Duke Senior is merciful and helpful to Orlando, Duke Frederick is tyrannical and threatening to Oliver in this scene. Despite his comment that he is "the better part made mercy," he seizes Oliver's lands and money and threatens his life if he does not deliver Orlando within a year (l. 2). When Oliver tells him that he never loved his brother, Duke Frederick criticizes him by stating that the lack of love makes him more loathsome: "More villain thou" (l. 15). This statement is...

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