don’t know why, but I hate nothing in the world as much as him, though he’s an upstanding guy. He’s never gone to school but he’s smart, with good values, and everyone is delighted by him and loves him, especially my subjects, who know him the best. They love him, and therefore they despise me. (OLIVER exits.) ACT I SCENE CELIA and ROSALIND enter.
CELIA: Please, Rosalind, my sweet cousin—be happy. ROSALIND: Dear Celia—I already look much happier than I feel, but you want me to look even happier? Teach me how to forget my banished father, you shouldn’t try to teach me how to be happy. CELIA: Well, by this I can see that you don’t love me as much as I love you.
If your father had banished my father, I could have learned to love your father as my own, as long as I still had you. TOUCHSTONE: Mistress, you have to go see your father. CELIA: Did they make you the messenger? TOUCHSTONE: No, but they told me to come get you.
CELIA: No more talk about my father; you’ll be whipped for slander. . Who usurped the dukedom from Duke Senior? .
Name the daughters of the two dukes. . Why is Rosalind sad? 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Celebrations of Expressions TOUCHSTONE: It’s a pity that fools aren’t allowed to speak wisely about the foolish things that wise men do.
CELIA: Honestly, you’re speaking the truth—ever since the fools were silenced, the foolishness of wise men has become all the more apparent. Here comes Monsieur Le Beau. (LE BEAU enters.) ROSALIND: With his mouth full of news. CELIA: Which he’ll shove down our throats the way pigeons feed their young.
ROSALIND: Then we’ll be stuffed with news. LE BEAU: Fair princess, you’ve missed some good sport. CELIA: What sport? LE BEAU: I was going to tell you all about a good wrestling match that’s going on, which you’re missing.
ROSALIND: Tell us about this wrestling. LE BEAU: I’ll tell you about the beginning, and if you find that interesting you can