# Audrey — As You Like It character guide

> Audrey in As You Like It by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

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

**First appearance:** 0016-act-iii-scene-iii

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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, disarming candor — she is not fair, so she prays to be honest — and never pretends to be anything she isn't. Her earthy pragmatism contrasts sharply with the courtiers' romantic posturing, and her impending marriage becomes a comic mirror of the play's many weddings.

## Relationships

### [Touchstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_you_like_it_se/characters/touchstone)

_romantic_

Touchstone pursues a crude, comedic romance with the simple goatherd Audrey, eventually marrying her.

## In the story

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_you_like_it_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii)

Simple and honest, she agrees to marry Touchstone but is confused by his poetic talk.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_you_like_it_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i)

Audrey is patient with Touchstone and dismisses William's interest in her.

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_you_like_it_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii)

Expresses her desire to marry Touchstone.

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