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Audrey

A plain-spoken country girl who accepts Touchstone's baffling courtship with cheerful honesty about her looks and her honor.

supporting

Also known as Audrey Well, sweet Audrey, Audrey Ay, Audrey Faith

First appearance: Scene III

As a supporting figure in As You Like It, Audrey is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Simple and honest, she agrees to marry Touchstone but is confused by his poetic talk.
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Audrey is a goatherd of few words and no illusions, drawn into Touchstone's absurd plan to marry her under a tree with Sir Oliver Martext officiating. She parries his jests about beauty and honesty with simple,…

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Character Web

13 connections

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TOTouchstoneRORosalindOLOliverWIWilliamJAJaquesAUAudrey

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Other

Character groups

  • Court and Forest Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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