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What does lusty winter Frosty but kindly mean in As You Like it mean?
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The line is said by Adam, Orlando's elderly and faithful retainer. Adam is applying for the job as Orlando's servant. He says:
Let me be your servant;
Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty;
For in my youth I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood,
Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo
The means of weakness and debility;
Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly. Let me go with you;
I'll do the service of a younger man
In all your business and necessities.
Adam is saying that he's in pretty good shape for an old man. Winter is often a symbol for old age, but Adam says that he is like a robust winter: although his hair is white ("frosty") he is helpful ("kindly").
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