When speaking about Cleopatras undying charm, Enobarbus stated,
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her numberless variety
This is how many readers feel about the heroines in Shakespeares comedies. In some(prenominal) Twelfth Night and As You Like It the action revolves somewhat strong female characters. Both genus Viola and Rosalind show wide strength, courage and power highly uncharacteristic of women in Elizabethan literature. In addition to their strength, the women as well as retain traditional female characteristics. Despite their many similar traits, many differences can also be found in the characterization of Viola and Rosalind.
In the exposition of As You Like It, we discover that Rosalinds baffle the Duke of Burgundy has been exiled by his companion Duke Frederick. Even though Rosalind is initially permitted to stay because of her close blood with the Dukes daughter Celia, the Dukes allowance is quickly revoked and Rosalind is forced to join her father in exile in the forest of Arden. Since it would not be safe for a woman to travel unaccompanied the sharp Rosalind stated
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold [I.iii 112]
and decided to prepare as a man and call herself Ganymede. When confronted with a similar situation Viola from the Twelfth Night took similar actions.
Viola finds herself ship-wrecked and alone and but the first words out of her mouth
What country, friends, is this? [I.ii 1]
convey a certain calm and rationality. Since like Rosalind, it is not safe for Viola to wander the countryside alone, she decides to dress as a man and work as a page under the name Cesario. Viola finds herself completely symbiotic on herself however it is her instinct to except rather than quarrel circumstances. Finding herself in a difficult position in a strange country, she spends little time bemoaning the harshness of...
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