Orlando (As You Like It)

Orlando is a fictional character and one of the male leads in the comedy As You Like It (1599/1600) by William Shakespeare.

Orlando is the youngest son of the deceased Old Sir Rowland de Bois, and carries a name which is the Italian version of the name "Rowland", born by his recently deceased father.

Nevertheless, he is successful in expressing his love for Rosalind to her before he escapes to the Forest of Arden with his servant Adam.

Though he wins the match he angers Duke Frederick, and therefore he flees the court to live in the Forest of Arden.

There, he is accepted into the circle of the usurped Duke Senior and begins to find freedom in life in the forest.