"Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her weel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally." (I ii 6)
One theme to As You Like It is that what you are born to do and what actually happens are at odds. Rosalie was born to lead a privileged life as the princess of a duke, but this all changed when her father was banish. Orlando was also born in to privilege that he would have had if his brother had not been selfish. Their Nature was shaken by fate when they entered the woods, living off the land. Ultimately, their natures won out as Duke Fredrick had a conversion and named Duke Senior the Duke once again. Chance throughs us off the path naturally destined for us at birth, but generally things will all work out. This theme is far different that most of other Shakespearian plays. This could coincide with the title "As You Like It. Shakespeare might have been responding to people saying that his plays where too depressing. This would be humorous. It is as if Shakespeare was saying, "you wanted comedy, heris an idealized view of the world".
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