done. The duke is temperamental. I’m sure you can imagine what I mean without my having to spell it out. ORLANDO: Thank you, sir.
Now please tell me this: which of the two ladies who were at the wrestling match is the duke’s daughter? LE BEAU: Neither one is his daughter, to judge from their good manners. But really, the smaller one is his daughter. The other is the daughter of the banished duke.
Goodbye, sir. Later, in a better world than this, I’d love to get to know you. ORLANDO: I’m indebted to you. Goodbye.
12th Communicative English Book.indb Page (LE BEAU exits.) ORLANDO ( continues )Out of the frying pan and into the fire—from a tyrant duke to a tyrant brother! But, oh, heavenly Rosalind! (ORLANDO exits.) ACT I SCENE (CELIA and ROSALIND enter.) CELIA: What’s going on, Rosalind? Cupid have mercy!
You won’t utter a single word? ROSALIND: I could cry. CELIA: Come on, take control of your feelings. .
Who dissuades the challenger from wrestling with Charles? Why? . What is the answer given by Orlando to the ladies?
. Who succeeds in the wrestling match? . What does Rosalind give Orlando as a gift?
. What is the advice given by Le Beau to Orlando? . Explain the term “Out of the frying pan, into the fire”.
ROSALIND: Look, here comes the duke. DUKE FREDERICK (enters with lords) CELIA: He looks angry. DUKE FREDERICK: Madam, hurry as fast as you can get out of my court. Rosalind: Me, Uncle?
Duke Frederick: You, niece. In ten days time, if you’re found within twenty miles of the court, you’ll die for it. Rosalind: Please, your Grace, tell me what crime I have committed. If I know my own thoughts and desires, and I’m not dreaming or crazy—which I’m sure I’m not—then, dear uncle, I’ve never had so much as a half-formed thought that would have offended you.
Duke Frederick: All traitors protest like this. If they could purge their guilt simply by saying that they were innocent, they’d all be as innocent as God