Discuss the character of Rosalind and comment on Shakespeare's art of characterization.

In This post I will discuss about........ Rosalind is a brilliant woman character- Do you agree? Give reason.
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Show how Shakespeare blends the qualities of head and hearty in Rosalind in As You Like It?
Ans. Rosalind in one of the most unforgettable and most lovable heroines in the entire range of Shakespearean drama, of all the characters in As You Like It. She is the most elaborately and vividly drawn. Rosalind, the heroine of the play is sympathetic by nature. When Orlando is going to enter into a wrestling contest against Charles, she thinks that Orlando will be defeated by Charles and she feels sympathy for him and tries to dissuade him from fighting against Charles. Orlando wins the wrestling match, and she falls in love with him and gives him her chain as a token of her love.Being banished by her uncle Duke Frederick, she came to them. forest of Arden disguised as a man by the name of Ganymede. Here she meets Orlando writing verses in praise of her beauty. Beine disguised as a man she induces Orlando to make love to her. Here
find her say: "Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in a humour and like encugh to consent. In the mock-wooing scene,' she shows her ready wit. Here she makes two memorable witty remarks. She tells Orlando that the world is almost six thousand years old but that no man has ever died for the sake of his love She illüstratés this idea by citing the case of Troilus and Cressida and the case of Hero and Leander. Her second memorable remark in this scene is: "Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are Mou when they are yet maids, but the sky changes when they are wives." Rosalind's intervention in the Silvius-Phebe affair shows her capacity for admonishing others. Silvius is madly in love with Phebe but Phebe shows her callous attitude towards him. Rosalind scolds Silvius for being too servile to Phebe and warns Phebe against
continuing to be cruel towards Silvius, Rosalind then urges Phebe to fall upon his knees and to thank heaven for having given her such a faithful lover as Silvius. Eventually, Rosalind does bring about
Silvius's union with Phebe. Thus Rosalind is a brilliant woman character Agcording to Hazlitt, Rosalind's character is made up of sportive gafety and natural tenderness: her tongue runs the faster to conceal the pressure at her heart. She talks herself out of breath, only to get deeper in love.