“Today we're going to read one of my favorite scenes from As You Like It, the beginning of Act Four,” says Professor Glenny, a chillingly cold March day that makes it seem like we're heading into winter, not out of it. . “Orlando and Ganymede/Rosalind meet again in the Forest of Arden, and the chemistry between them reaches its boiling point. Which is a bit confusing and funny, since Orlando thinks he's talking to Ganymede, who is male. But it is just as confusing for Rosalind, who finds herself in a kind of delicious torment, torn between two identities, masculine and feminine, and two desires: the desire to protect herself and remain equal to Orlando, and the exquisite desire to simply submit." Upstairs, at the front of the classroom, the groupies seem to give a little joint sigh. If Dee
