As You Like It LRJ#3

Ian Decker
Ms. Peifer
Per. 5/ 10 IB
3/15/09

In this act, karma hits Oliver hard. Oliver is sent into the court of Duke Frederick and is told to leave again to go and find his brother, "Find out thy brother wheresoe'er he is" (3.1.5). The Duke does this in an effort to find his daughter, whom he believes has ran off with Rosalind and that they would seek Orlando. This is very much against Oliver's wishes, so he argues against it, "I never loved my brother in my life" (3.1.14). He's saying that he doesn't want to have anything to do with this brother, so how would he even know where to start looking. Needless to say, Duke Frederick ignores this plea and sends him out anyway, threatening to hold his possessions indefinitely until Orlando can be found.