As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2 summary
Act 4, Scene 2 of 23 · 1 min to read the scene
In Act 4, Scene 2, Jaques asks who kills the deer and proposes honoring the successful hunter with antlers and a presentation to the Duke. The Second Lord sings a hunting song that turns the celebration into a joke about husbands whose wives cheat.
What happens
- Jaques asks who kills the deer, and the First Lord claims the kill.
- Jaques proposes presenting the hunter to the Duke as a Roman victor, with antlers as his wreath.
- The Second Lord agrees to sing, and Jaques values noise over musical accuracy.
- The song links the hunter’s antlers to cheated husbands, the others join the chorus, and everyone leaves.
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In this scene
What to notice
The chorus shifts the song from hunting rewards to marital betrayal. It presents the horns as something ordinary rather than shameful.
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What matters most to Jaques when he asks for the song?
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