ENGL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Old Duke, Black Sheep, Tyrant
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Orlando starts the play by venting to adam about how oliver (his older brothers) fails to. Breed (raise) orlando well like their late father asked. Orlando has noticed that his other brother, jaques, is being treated better; as are the animals that oliver owns: he"s breeding the horses better than he"s breeding orlando. Location of the opening scene -> a farm ~ horses, ox and other animals: already there"s the theme of nature involved in the play. When oliver shows up, he proves to be an ass by the way he speaks. The nature that is being taken from orlando by oliver could be implies that oliver is trying to take away his status as a member of the family: in this case maybe nature = blood/family. Orlando leaves to enter a wrestling/jousting tournament to maybe prove himself. It"s clear that if he is to win the match against charles the best of the best he will gain recognition.
