As You Like It, Act 3 Scene 1 runs 18 lines of dialogue, spoken by 2 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 122 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of As You Like It.
Full Dialogue
Duke Frederick ♂
Not see him since? Sir, sir, that cannot be:
But were I not the better part made mercy,
I should not seek an absent argument
Of my revenge, thou present. But look to it:
Find out thy brother, wheresoe'er he is;
Seek him with candle; bring him dead or living
Within this twelvemonth, or turn thou no more
To seek a living in our territory.
Thy lands and all things that thou dost call thine
Worth seizure do we seize into our hands,
Till thou canst quit thee by thy brothers mouth
Of what we think against thee.
But were I not the better part made mercy,
I should not seek an absent argument
Of my revenge, thou present. But look to it:
Find out thy brother, wheresoe'er he is;
Seek him with candle; bring him dead or living
Within this twelvemonth, or turn thou no more
To seek a living in our territory.
Thy lands and all things that thou dost call thine
Worth seizure do we seize into our hands,
Till thou canst quit thee by thy brothers mouth
Of what we think against thee.
Oliver ♂
O that your highness knew my heart in this!
I never loved my brother in my life.
I never loved my brother in my life.
Duke Frederick ♂
More villain thou. Well, push him out of doors;
And let my officers of such a nature
Make an extent upon his house and lands:
Do this expediently and turn him going.
And let my officers of such a nature
Make an extent upon his house and lands:
Do this expediently and turn him going.
18 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Frederick | 16 | 88.9% |
| Oliver | 2 | 11.1% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 16 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 9 lines.
Total speakers on stage
2 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 3
This is Scene 1 of 5 in Act 3 of As You Like It.
Scene length vs. play average
At 18 lines, this scene is shorter than the As You Like It average scene in As You Like It (~122 lines).
Adjacent scenes
Previous: Act 2 Scene 7 · Next: Act 3 Scene 2