As You Like It
Shakespeare set a comedy in a forest where social rules dissolve, people pretend to be who they are not, and everyone discovers what they actually want.
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
Why It Matters
Shakespeare set a comedy in a forest where social rules dissolve, people pretend to be who they are not, and everyone discovers what they actually want. Rosalind is his most intelligent, most self-aware comic heroine. The play's meditation on the difference between performance and authenticity makes it one of his most philosophical comedies.
The 
Take
Personal reviewA bunch of great characters, Jacques and touchstone. Rosalind’s scheming was also great. Some great poetry. Still not the highest of highs I’ve seen in other Shakespeare
Notable Quotes
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.”