As You Like It is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. It is considered to be one of Shakespeare's lightest comedies. It contains memorable characters and happy ending. The play begins at the French court, but most of As You Like It goes down in the Forest of Arden where people go to escape the dishonesty and politics of court life.  The forest represents the purity of Mother Nature and anyone who goes near it seems to absorb this purity to some extent. As You Like It is also a love story with the end of the play showing four different couples getting married. It also focuses on issues between brothers. As often happened at that time, one child received more inheritance than another. However, unlike many other plays, in As You Like It all of the ‘bad’ characters are changed for the better by the end of the play. There really is an entirely happy ending, which makes it quite different from Shakespeare’s other comedies.Rosalind- is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s most delightful heroines.She is independent minded, strong-willed, good-hearted, and terribly clever. Rather than slink off into defeated exile, Rosalind resourcefully uses her trip to the Forest of Ardenne as an opportunity to take control of her own destiny. When she disguises herself as Ganymede—a handsome young man—and offers herself as a tutor in the ways of love to her beloved Orlando, Rosalind’s talents and charms are on full display. Only Rosalind, is both aware of the foolishness of romantic love and delighted to be in love. She teaches those around her to think, feel, and love better than they have previously, and she ensures that the courtiers returning from Ardenne are far gentler than those who fled to it. Rosalind is a particular favorite among feminist critics, who admire her ability to defeat the limitations that society imposes on her as a woman. She is witty, intelligent and confident. Shakespeare has written other female characters who possess these qualities,such as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.One of the more unusual aspects of the play is that Rosalind is given the epilogue. As she states in that speech, it is very unusual for a female character to be given that privilege. This again points to her importance in the play and the way in which her whole character breaks with the conventions of femininity of the era.Orlando is of noble character, full of noble purposes, and loved by people. As his love tutorial shows, he relies on commonplace clichés in matters of love, declaring that without the fair Rosalind, he would die. He does have a decent wit, however, as he demonstrates when he argues with Jaques, suggesting that Jaques should seek out a fool who wanders about the forest.Orlando performs tasks that reveal his nobility and demonstrate why he is so well-loved: he travels with the ancient Adam and makes a fool out of himself to secure the old man food; he risks his life to save the brother who has plotted against him; In the beginning of the play, he laments that his brother has denied him the schooling deserved by a gentleman, but by the end, he has proven himself a gentleman without the formality of that education.Jaques got a well-deserved reputation for being "melancholy." We might even say that Jaques enjoys being sad because he purposefully seeks out experiences that are depressing. He sees the world as a stage where men and women are players, and their different ages represent different acts and scenes in the play. His descriptions suggest that the roles are largely beyond the players` control. He has no particular interest in being part of an established society.By the end of the play we see his great strength of character. His main concern seems to be freedom to say and do what he wants. He is not

willing to compromise as he must do if he returns to court.While the other characters merrily revel, he determines that he will follow the reformed Duke Frederick into the monastery, where he believes the converts have much to teach him. Here, the play makes good on the promise of its title: everyone gets just what he or she wants.