 | William Shakespeare - 1991 - 108 Seiten
...possess'd her. Orlando. For ever and a day. Rosalind. Say "a day," without the "ever." No, no, Orlando, men are April when they woo, December when they wed;...are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. As You Like It (4. 1) Some thousand verses of a faithful lover. A huge translation of hypocrisy. Love's... | |
 | G. Beiner - 1993 - 332 Seiten
...world. Rosalind's satirical reference to the allegedly typical transition from courtship to marriage ("men are April when they woo, December when they...are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives" — As You Like It, 4.1.147-49) is one way in which she uses the freedom of "holiday humour" (4.1.69)... | |
 | Normand Berlin - 1994 - 286 Seiten
...after." (Shakespeare's Rosalind gives us the proper perspective on this idea when she tells Orlando that "men are April when they woo, December when they wed;...maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.") In O'Neill's comedy, we have Richard and Muriel, the young lovers who maintain their idealism, who... | |
 | Gail Finney - 1994 - 380 Seiten
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 | Michael Olmert - 1996 - 260 Seiten
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 | W. R. Owens, Lizbeth Goodman - 1996 - 356 Seiten
...the difference between men's and women's romantic expectations and the reality of love and marriage: 'men are April when they woo. December w-hen they...are maids. but the sky changes when they are wives' (IV. I136-8). Furthermore. she again invokes stereotypical views of women as licentious. claiming that... | |
 | J. L. Styan - 1996 - 452 Seiten
...actions, and the dialogue becomes a convoluted challenge to an audience's perception: No, no, Orlando, men are April when they woo, December when they wed....are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. (138-41) It is for the player and the audience to decide which of the Rosalinds is speaking these lines,... | |
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Say a day, without the ever : No, no, Orlando ; men are April when they woo, December when they wed : maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. 
