Characters in As You Like It attending on Duke Senior in the forest of Arden. He agrees with the Duke when the latter says "sweet are the uses of adversity". He is not prepared to exchange his life in the forest with the comfortable life at the court. He is deeply attached to Duke Senior and, therefore, has willingly accompanied him to the forest of Arden. Amiens does not, in any way, contribute to the action of the play. He does however sing two songs that allude to and perhaps clarify the plot. Oliver is the eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys and the heir
Touchstone (As You Like It) of "As You Like It" (p. 145). The addition of Armin to the Chamberlain's Men in 1599 and the character of Touchstone marked the beginning of a series of court fool characters; these characters differed greatly from earlier Shakespearean fools, typically played by William Kempe, because their humour is mainly derived from the fool's wit and intellect. The earlier fools of this period were often nothing but stooges. Touchstone (As You Like It) Touchstone is a fictional character in Shakespeare's play "As You Like It". Touchstone is the court jester of Duke Frederick, the usurper's court. Throughout the play he