In 'As You Like It', why is Orlando's practice of 'wooing' the boy Ganymede ironic?
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Correct answer: Ganymede is actually his love Rosalind in disguise
Orlando pours out his love to Ganymede as 'practice'. The audience knows Ganymede is Rosalind herself, turning the mock-courtship into an unwittingly real declaration of love — a signature device of Shakespearean romantic comedy.
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