The newly agreeable Rosalind makes Orlando not much happier than the disagreeable one. As the agreeable Rosalind, she claims that she will love Orlando and twenty other men as well (at line 101). Rosalind argues that because Orlando is good, then having many good men as lovers will be even better because one cannot “desire too much of a good thing” (105).
Before Orlando can even respond to this remark, Rosalind announces that she will agreeably marry Orlando; and she asks Celia (disguised as Aliena) to pretend to be a priest and perform the mock wedding ceremony.
After the fake wedding, Rosalind asks Orlando for how long will he keep his wife (lines 121-22). When Orlando asserts that he will keep her forever, Rosalind argues that both men and women change after they are married.
“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed” (124-25). Before the marriage, men are young, energetic, bright, and full of promise. However, shortly after the wedding takes place, men become cold, bleak, dreary, and tired. The romance is over after the wedding ceremony takes place.
Similarly, women “are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives” (125-27). Before the wedding, women are bright and shiny and clear, like a beautiful day in April. But immediately after the wedding, they become dark and stormy: they become angry and spiteful.