As You Like It, Epilogue summary
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In Epilogue, Rosalind addresses the audience directly, defends a leading lady’s right to deliver the closing speech, and asks women and men to approve the play. She turns her appeal into playful persuasion, offers kisses on the condition that she were a woman, and requests applause as she curtsies goodbye.
What happens
- Rosalind argues that a leading lady can properly give a closing speech.
- She compares closing speeches to advertisements for wine, suggesting that even good plays benefit from them.
- She rejects begging and instead appeals to the women through their love of men.
- She asks the men to join the women in approving the play.
- She offers conditional kisses to appealing audience members, asks for farewell applause, and leaves.
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What to notice
Rosalind presents her appeal as playful persuasion rather than begging. The line begins her direct requests to different parts of the audience.
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What does Rosalind ask the audience to do when she curtsies?
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