Seventeen Magazine Article Feature: Orlando



                                                                       ORLANDO
   BRAVE, SWEET, LOVABLE, HERO.      
                 BY SOJIN JOSEPHSON

         “Forever and a day ”

       Orlando de Bois is a major character in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It.  He is the youngest son of the late Lord de Bois, who is left to his older brother for proper schooling and to be turned into a gentleman.  However, his brother does not satisfy the wishes of his father and does not help Orlando, who states “bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou say'st, charged my brother, on his blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my sadness.”  He is a beautiful young man, although he does not know this.  He is smart, brave, kind-hearted, and loved by most.  In the fight of a century, Orlando beat a famous wrestler of the noble court, named Charles.  This victory earned the young man major kudos, especially with the ladies…or one lady.  Rosalind, Rosalind, Rosalind…it is love at first sight for the pair.  Orlando is a bit cheesy when he talks about his love for Rosalind, acting like he will die without her.  He is truly passionate and romantic about his feelings for this girl.  During his time in the forest, he wrote many versus confessing his love for Rosalind, and put them all over the forest.  This was before he even really knew her.  The dear Rosalind and our wonderful Orlando are a shining young couple, balancing each other out and lighting up a dark forest when together.  Even though Mr. Orlando thought that Rosalind was Ganymede for awhile, the deeper connection was always present and she turned him into a better man by showing him the ways of love.  Orlando and his brother eventually make amends and his brother fell in love with Rosalind’s cousin.  Even without proper schooling from his brother, Orlando turned out to be very much a gentleman and all the happy couples are living happily ever after!  Sorry ladies, I know you are swooning out there, but Orlando is now off the market and happily married to Rosalind.

“Live a little; comfort a little; cheer thyself a little.”

 

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17:  When you met Rosalind, was it love at first sight?

Orlando:  YES.  Not to be cliché, but I was irrevocably in love when she first talked to me.  It was right after I won the fight against the Great Charles and so I was a little shaken up, but she instantly brightened my day and I could not wait to see her again. 

17:  Speaking of the wrestling match, what were you thinking going in?

Orlando:  I actually had really mixed feelings going into the match.  I obviously wanted to win to prove to my brother that I was a man and I wanted to earn some respect and make my dad proud.  I definitely did not think I could beat the #1 wrestler in the noble court and I felt like dying in parts of the match.  It did feel good to win and I never would have met Rosalind if I had chickened out of the match.

17:  We were informed that Rosalind gave you a gold chain to wear after you won the wrestling match, what is the story with the chain?

Orlando:  At the time she gave it to me, I could not really tell if it was a prize for winning or if she actually loved me.  I did not care what the reason was, I was just so incredibly happy to have a token to remember her by.  I now know that she felt the same way about me as I felt about her.  The chain was the first symbol of our love and I still carry it around with me today.

17: How is the relationship with your brother now?

Orlando: We definitely had some major problems after our father died, but after I left home, he changed a lot.  Then, when I saved his life he grew more respect towards me.  He actually fell in love with Rosalind’s cousin and they got married at the same time we did.  She makes him a better person and now we all live close together and are very happy.  He is now one of my best friends and although I ended up schooling myself in the end, I still look up to him.

17: What went through your mind when you found out that the man who helped you so much, Ganymede, was actually your dear Rosalind? 

Orlando: I was surprised at first, but I replay the time we spent together in the forest over and over again every day.  It actually makes more sense each time I look into it.  Ganymede was a witty and beautiful person, inside and out, just like Rosalind.  She was only trying to help me be better at love and more of a gentleman. 

17:  We hear that the wedding was quite the celebration.  Was it everything you had hoped for?

Orlando:  Of course.  It was more than everything I had hoped for.  The person I love more than anything in the world was standing next to me, so basically, we could have been married in a dumpster and it would have been more than I had hoped for.

                       “Neither  

  rhyme   

  nor reason  

  can express  

  how much.”

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Autopsy Report: Desdemona

Autopsy Report

NAME:  DESDEMONA                                          WHERE:  CYPRUS

CASE NO. O5I2E9C42                                            DATE:  16^TH CENTURY

SEX:  FEMALE                                                       CORONER:  SOJIN JOSEPHSON

FINDINGS:  It was discovered that the case victim was very passive.  She was smothered to death by someone, due to what appears to be caused by their jealous rampage, stupidity, and inability to think independently.  It suggests that she was not always such a wimp, but stubborn, assertive, and smart.  The man apparent to be the cause of the victim’s pursuer turning mad was the cause of the victim’s death as well.  She became incredibly vulnerable after her murderer started blindly accusing her of adultery and such, which she was not even aware.  Inside sources have shown us that the victim admitted to her own death, which presents how weak and naive she was in the end.  Acquaintances who knew the victim in her better days presented our autopsy team with sufficient information.  The victim seemed to be an extremely dynamic human being in her short life.  When she first married, it was a secret from even her own father.  She was also said to be unknowingly very forceful in trying to do good for others.  This characteristic about the young lady eventually led to her downfall and let weakness overcome her being.  Our team has concluded that our victim’s murderer was her own husband.

EXTERNAL BODY CONDITIONS:  The case victim had a fading bruise on the face due to a forceful strike.  She was also highly bruised all over the body, which seemed to be more recent and due to her killer fighting to smother her.  Her body also appeared to be tired and pained from much abuse over her last few unfortunate, complex, and troubling days.          

INTERNAL BODY CONDITIONS:  The heart of the case victim has been completely put through distress and ripped apart.  All her willpower and strength has been eliminated from her body and replaced with overwhelming weakness and no independence.  At the time of her death, her heart rate was very high due to the compassionate love she still felt for her beloved husband, even though he was so cruel to her, physically and verbally.

SYNOPSIS:  This particular victim provides much controversy.  The fact that she was a beautiful, virtuous, Senator’s daughter who had many pursuers but chose to marry a Moor shows that she must have had some kind of defiance and strength and willpower deep down inside of her.  The victim leaving her home in Venice to go alongside her husband in Cyprus also shows some guts.  She left behind the place she knew best, only to go right into the midst of a warzone (or so she thought at the time).  The victim, overcome by her love for her husband and confusion from the situation, only made her weaker.  She spent so much time asking questions and trying to understand, but her husband failed to understand her as well, making them both vulnerable.  This report really could go on forever because there are so many thoughts and discussions still open about this case from my team and other sources.  We conclude that this victim was extremely dynamic, born strong and dying weak.  Overall, she was neither strong nor weak, but a complex and controversial woman.  She seemed to be overlooked a lot because of people’s strong desire to seek a feasible answer about others involved in this case.  This autopsy will be a case that is relooked upon, pondered, and deeply analyzed for many years to come.  But for now, without further ado, this report is now closed.