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avalonaud
avalonaud
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High School - 9th Grade

In Shakespeare's As You Like It...What is the deeper meaning of The phrase "Treason is not Inherited'..Act1/3

In Act 2 scene 1 ..it is reported that Duke senior is as guilty as Duke Fredrick..Why? Kindly explain

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Posted by avalonaud on Saturday August 15, 2009 at 12:03 PM and tagged with literature, theme...as you like it.

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  1. judge
    judge Student

    In act 1,scene 3,Rosalind tells duke Frederic that,"Treason is something not inherited ".In this scene Duke Junior suddenly orders rosalind to leave the palace within ten days.When Rosalind asks him what was her fault,he tells her that she was her father's daughter.She is a traitor like her father.So,Rosalind tells that treason is something not inherited means treachery or cheating is something that is not inherited.

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    Posted by judge on Thursday September 24, 2009 at 8:46 AM


  2. cherrybhatnagar Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    when duke frederick says rosalind to leave the court rosalind asks the reason then duke frederick says you are a traitor like your father. she says "treason is something not inherited" means treachery is not something which is being taken from a father to a child......... 

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    Posted by cherrybhatnagar on Monday September 28, 2009 at 12:58 AM