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The Anxiety of Attire:
The Troubling Subtext of As You Like It
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Question:
Did anyone find it odd that Orlando cannot tell Rosalind from a man?
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A slight historical interlude:
Sumptuary laws were enacted in England during this time
These made it a crime to wear certain clothes e.g. a woman wearing a man’s clothing.
Driving force behind the laws is a fear within society about the role of identity?Do the clothes make the man or the man the clothes?Theaters were often running up against this problem.
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Basis in Structuralism
Symbols signify meaning
Order results from an agreed upon meaning for a symbol: signifier = signified
Disorder would result from disagreement on what a symbol means: signifier = ?
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Structuralism and Sumptuary Laws
Signifier
A Dress
Woman
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Structuralism and Sumptuary Laws
Signifier
pants
Signified
MAN
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Structuralism and Sumptuary Laws
KING
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Contradictions
However, England was full of problematic symbols
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As You Like It’s Connection
Looking at As You Like It, look carefully throughout the play to find examples or instances of the Renaissance Anxiety about attire and disordering society:
Why does Rosalind change her appearance?
What characters change appearance?
How do these changes negatively or positively impact society?