As You Like It · Character
Amiens
A lord attending Duke Senior who sings several songs in the forest.
minor
Also known as Amiens Happy, my Lord of Amiens, Amiens Who doth ambition
First appearance: Scene I
Amiens's tie to Jaques is one of the pressures that moves As You Like It—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Amiens accompanies Duke Senior and comments on the Duke's ability to find sweetness in fortune's stubbornness.
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With Jaques (friendship): Amiens sings for Jaques and the forest lords, tolerating Jaques's melancholic commentary on his songs. In Scene I: Amiens accompanies Duke Senior and comments on the Duke's ability to find…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Family and Court Conflict
- Court and Forest Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because Rosalind, who has been orchestrating the pastoral love games from a positi…
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friendship · ambivalent
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