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as You Like It..One of these is the relationship between the court fool Touchstone and a simple country girl named Audrey,
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As You Like It is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a pastoral comedy, involving a traditional literary style, which allows it to separate from naturalism in its bid to portray the main plot of the story i.e. through conversations rather than a carefully outlined plot. The conversations are derived from the many important relationships of love and hate throughout the play. One of these is the relationship between the court fool Touchstone and a simple country girl named Audrey, which among other things highlights the characteristics of these characters and the difference between country and court life. This essay will attempt to describe this relationship and explain how it helps the reader understand these characters. Initially, before Touchstone journeyed out into the forest of Ardenne, his position in the court was looked on by many as a favoured position because as the court fool you were able to...
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