As You Like It, Act 4 Scene 2 runs 19 lines of dialogue, spoken by 3 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 122 lines. This scene is part of Act 4 of As You Like It.
Full Dialogue
Jaques ♂
Which is he that killed the deer?
A Lord ♂
Sir, it was I.
Jaques ♂
Let's present him to the duke, like a Roman
conqueror; and it would do well to set the deer's
horns upon his head, for a branch of victory. Have
you no song, forester, for this purpose?
conqueror; and it would do well to set the deer's
horns upon his head, for a branch of victory. Have
you no song, forester, for this purpose?
Forester ♂
Yes, sir.
Jaques ♂
Sing it: 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it
make noise enough.
SONG.
make noise enough.
SONG.
Forester ♂
What shall he have that kill'd the deer?
His leather skin and horns to wear.
Then sing him home;
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn;
It was a crest ere thou wast born:
Thy father's father wore it,
And thy father bore it:
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
His leather skin and horns to wear.
Then sing him home;
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn;
It was a crest ere thou wast born:
Thy father's father wore it,
And thy father bore it:
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
19 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forester | 10 | 52.6% |
| Jaques | 8 | 42.1% |
| A Lord | 1 | 5.3% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 10 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 6 lines.
Total speakers on stage
3 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 4
This is Scene 2 of 3 in Act 4 of As You Like It.
Scene length vs. play average
At 19 lines, this scene is shorter than the As You Like It average scene in As You Like It (~122 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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