Orlando
from As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love;
And thou, thrice-crowned Queen of Night, survey
With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above,
Thy huntress'name that my full life doth sway.
O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books,
And in their barks my thoughts I'll character,
That…
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Author(s)
Character Name
Orlando
Source Title
As You Like It
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act III, Scene 2
Setting
The forest of Arden
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
COMIC
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
20s - EARLY
20s - LATE
Race / Ethnicity
INDIAN
CHINESE
JAPANESE
KOREAN
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER
FILIPINO
CHICANO
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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