ive there. However, in the story she seems like an older woman, which would suggest that perhaps she is flawed in some way and hasn’t been fortunate enough to get a husband. This doesn’t seem to make sense either since there are supposedly three men who are going after her. The first and most obvious character is the Duke who has seen her once and claims she is the most beautiful girl in the land. Well, if this were true then surely you would think she’d be married. Then we have an instance where she is dreaming about another “man” who makes it obvious that he wants nothing to do with her. He is Viola in disguise. Then we find out as the Malvolio jumps out of the closet to cheer her when she is sad that he believes that Olivia loves him. This silly man seems more than ready to accept that love. Also Malvolio has been in her house as steward to her, so he would be familiar and perhaps loveable as well. Olivia has nothing to do with him either. Another reason Olivia’s position seems weird is because she is a countess. How would a lady get that title with out first having a count as her husband. The title also suggests money, which Olivia certainly had with her house and servants and nurse and jester, etc. So where did his come from? I did not think it common for a lady to live like this, with her own place, to be regarded as the head of the household and treated as such. Besides that she’s an adult, she still is quite young as well, yet she is a self-supporting independent woman. This not only seems out of times to me, but it was also quite surprising. I don’t think it took too much from my experience of the play. It was easy to suspend the idea of her having her own place, but something of the story seemed to be missing. Doesn’t quite fit, make sense, to me.As You Like It had a few interesting moments as well. One that sticks out most in my mind was the foolishness of the shepherd gir...
