# Corin — As You Like It character guide

> Corin in As You Like It by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Corin Fair sir, Corin Sir, Exeunt Corin

**First appearance:** 0009-act-ii-scene-iv

## Snapshot

A weathered shepherd who measures good manners by greasy hands and honest labor, not courtly perfume, and offers Rosalind and Celia shelter in Arden.

## Who they are

Corin belongs to the working countryside of Arden, where he tends sheep, hires out his labor, and speaks for a life of plain dealing against Touchstone's courtly sophistry. His quiet pride — to see his ewes graze and his lambs suck, owing no man hate — becomes a moral counterweight to the exiles' romantic and cynical talk. When he shelters Rosalind and Celia, he anchors the play's middle movement in real pastoral work rather than mere literary fantasy.

## In the story

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/as_you_like_it_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv)

A shepherd who advises Silvius and offers hospitality to the travelers, explaining his master's churlishness and the sale of the land.

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

Defends the shepherd's life against Touchstone's mockery.

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

Enters to invite Rosalind and Celia to witness a dramatic display of unrequited love between Silvius and Phebe.

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

Accompanies Rosalind and Celia, watching the scene.

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

Corin enters to summon Touchstone and Audrey to their master and mistress.

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