ROSALIND: A WOMAN CHARACTER CREATED BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HE MADE THE WORLD TO LOVE HER
Savita
PhD Research Scholar (English), Calorx Teachers' University, Gujrat
Dr Veenu Girdhar
Principal, BITS Group of Institutions, Bhiwani
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Rosalind is one of the best created woman characters by William Shakespeare loved much not only British but all over the world who loved and imagined both inner and outer beauty of a woman. Being in a disguise Rosalind created her identity throughout the play As You Like It. Rosalind seems to make a lot of ridiculous assumptions about what it means to be a weak character but she suggests that women are prone to crying and that it is a man's primary duty and responsibility to comfort women. She is serious as well as comic in this play. This paper depicts Rosalind‘s appealing personality both to the readers and spectators in theatre.
Keywords:
Rosalind; Shakespeare; women
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