GUYS PLEASE HELP ME I CANT REALLY PUT IT INTO WORDS CORRECTLY As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written by William Shakespeare. The story begins with a lively argument between two brothers, Oliver and Orlando, which provides a brief summary of their past and the nature of their hostile relationship. From this point forward, the events and character interactions are very similar to those in Rosalynde, but Shakespeare adds a humorous twist to the intrigues and complications of the story. Read the excerpt from the opening of the play As You Like It, in which the older brother, Oliver, confronts his younger brother Orlando.

excerpt from As You Like It
by William Shakespeare

OLIVER: Know you where you are, sir?

ORLANDO: O, sir, very well; here in your orchard.

OLIVER: Know you before whom, sir?

ORLANDO: Ay, better than him I am before knows me. I know

you are my eldest brother; and, in the gentle

condition of blood, you should so know me. The

courtesy of nations allows you my better, in that

you are the first-born; but the same tradition

takes not away my blood, were there twenty brothers

betwixt us: I have as much of my father in me as

you; albeit, I confess, your coming before me is

nearer to his reverence.

OLIVER: What, boy!

ORLANDO: Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.

OLIVER: Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?

ORLANDO: I am no villain; I am the youngest son of Sir

Rowland de Boys; he was my father, and he is thrice

a villain that says such a father begot villains.

Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this hand

from thy throat till this other had pulled out thy

tongue for saying so: thou hast railed on thyself.

ADAM: Sweet masters, be patient: for your father's

remembrance, be at accord.

OLIVER: Let me go, I say.

ORLANDO: I will not, till I please: you shall hear me. My

father charged you in his will to give me good

education: you have trained me like a peasant,

obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like

qualities. The spirit of my father grows strong in

me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow

me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or

give me the poor allottery my father left me by

testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.

OLIVER: And what wilt thou do? beg, when that is spent?

Well, sir, get you in: I will not long be troubled

with you; you shall have some part of your will: I

pray you, leave me.

ORLANDO: I will no further offend you than becomes me for my good.

OLIVER: Get you with him, you old dog.

ADAM: Is 'old dog' my reward? Most true, I have lost my

teeth in your service. God be with my old master!

he would not have spoke such a word.

Exeunt ORLANDO and ADAM

What details does Shakespeare borrow from Rosalynde in this excerpt from As You Like It? How does Shakespeare transform elements of Rosalynde in the opening of his comedy? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be one or two complete paragraphs.