Comedies • c. 1599
As You Like It: Modern English Translation & Study Guide
Rosalind flees persecution to the Forest of Arden dressed as a young man named Ganymede.
Read As You Like It Side by Side
Every scene pairs the public-domain original with a line-matched, original modern-English paraphrase. Choose a scene below to begin reading.
- Act 1, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Orchard of Oliver's house.
- Act 1, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Lawn before the Duke's palace.
- Act 1, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. A room in the palace.
- Act 2, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The Forest of Arden.
- Act 2, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. A room in the palace.
- Act 2, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. Before OLIVER'S house.
- Act 2, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. The Forest of Arden.
- Act 3, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. A room in the palace.
- Act 3, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The forest.
- Act 3, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The forest.
- Act 3, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. The forest.
- Act 4, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The forest.
- Act 4, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The forest.
- Act 4, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The forest.
- Act 5, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The forest.
- Act 5, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The forest.
- Act 5, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The forest.
- Act 5, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. The forest.
As You Like It study pathways
Original text source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, MIT HTML edition. MIT states that its HTML versions of the plays are placed in the public domain.