On the Edge

In the first scene Duke Frederick bans Duke Senior to the Forest of Arden, because he wanted all his brothers powers. Duke Frederick tries to banish Duke Senior’s daughter too, who is Rosalind. Cecilia Refused to let her father banish Rosalind, because she is her cousin and her best friend. While that is happening Orlando the younger brother of Oliver (both are the son Sir Rowland De’boy) are in an argument. Orlando is hard-headed and cocky so he gets himself into a wrestling match. Oliver doesn’t care if Orlando gets in wrestling match with the strongest wrestler, because he never did like his brother. On the day of the wrestling match Cecilia and Rosalind went to watch the match between the famous wrestler and Orlando. When Rosalind and Orlando caught each others eye it was love at first sight. Orlando did end up winning the match, as well. Rosalind and Cecilia went home, with the fear that they will be separated. So Rosalind comes up with an idea to dress in disguise. Rosalind changed her identity to a man named Ganymede, and Cecilia changed hers too. Together with touchstone, their entertainer, they run away to the Forest of Arden. At the same time, Orlando starts to grow weary of his brother Oliver, so he runs away to the Forest of Arden with his old servant, Adam. Orlando arrived at the forest way before Rosalind, Touchstone, and Cecilia, and he can’t stop thinking about Rosalind. He starts to write poetry about her on the tree. In the morning when Duke Frederick found out his daughter, Cecilia disappeared, he ordered his guards to haunt down Orlando. He told them that because he felt Orlando had something to do with it, since he ran away at the same time at the same place. Soon after Orlando runs into Rosalind, thinking she is a man named Ganymede. Rosalind started to test him about his love for her, and Orlando tells about his deep love for her. Rosalind (Ganymede) tells Orlando to call him Rosalind from now on, and that he will cure him of being lovesick.