1. The Disguise in King Lear
In As You Like It Rosalind and Celia, like Kent in King Lear, are liable to banishment by their patron, Duke Frederick. Like Edgar of King Lear Whose face he "grime[s] with Filt" (2.3.9), Celia "with a kind of umber smirch[es] [her] face" (1.3.110). ... The like do you; so shall we pass along/ And never stir assailants (1.3.106-108, 109, 110-112). ... This dissonance is given attention in As You Like It and especially in King Lear. ... The same sense of rebellion is seen in Celia, in As You Like It. ...
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