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Scene i: This scene shows the extent of the power that Rosalind has over the characters in the Forest of Arden. She can not only manipulate "simple" characters like Silvius and Phebe in the previous scene, but she can outwit the more intelligent ones like Jaques. When Jaques states that he prefers his own version of melancholy (which he insists is unique) to laughing, Rosalind correctly points out that too much of either depression or humor is bad for a person. This notion of extremes of any kind as bad is a common theme throughout Shakespeare's plays as well as...
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