Oliver de Boys, Jaques de Boys and Orlando
de Boys are the sons of Sir Rowland de Boys. Before Sir Rowland de Boys died he gave all
his property to his elder son Oliver as per the traditions. In his fathers will Oliver
was to look after his younger brothers. The will also asked Oliver to give them thousand
crowns. But Oliver was envious of his brother Orlando because everyone including his
servants liked Orlando better and so Oliver ill-treated his brother Orlando. But he send
his other brother Jaques to school and treated him
well.
This caused tension
between the brothers and one day they had a fight and at the end Oliver was forced to
give Orlando his thousand crowns. In the process Oliver tried to kill Orlando two times.
Once by asking the wrestlers Charles to not only defeat but also kill Orlando in the
wrestling match. When that mission failed he himself tries to kill Orlando by setting
fire to his room while he is asleep. This mission too fails due to the timely warning of
the servant Adam.
The two
brothers did not meet each other for quite some time but after the flight of Rosalind
and Celia the Duke asks Oliver to go in search of Orlando for the safety of his own life
since he believes that the girls have ran away with
Orlando.
Oliver in his search
for Orlando ends up in the forest of Arden and there Orlando saved him from being killed
by a huge poisonous snake and a lioness. This causes the softening of his attitude
towards his brother.
This way
at the beginning of the play Oliver was cross with his brother but by the end he started
liking his brother.
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