Orlando · Character
Shakespeare
The playwright whom Orlando admires and briefly meets.
minor
First appearance: I
Shakespeare shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The poet Orlando observes writing, though he is not explicitly named; his presence inspires Orlando's awe and curiosity.
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- Elizabethan literary circle
- Orlando's extended acquaintance
- Protagonist
- 18th-century literary critics
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