First of all, a pastoral background means that a piece of
literature presents rural life in an idealized way. It's usually a fairly simple style.
"As You Like It" is set in a pastoral background because it presents pastoral values,
such as the good brothers vs. the evil brothers and positive viewpoints vs negative
viewpoints. There are also elements of rural life involved, such as when Celia travels
in disguise as a peasant girl. This causes us to examine rural life from an idealized
viewpoint because Celia has lived her life as fairly privledged as she has been the
daughter of a duke.
"As You Like It" is a comedy because
songs and jokes are used frequently throughout the book. This makes "As You Like It" a
comedy on the surface. Once we examine the work closer, we can see that it also has a
pastoral background.
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