"Orlando" is the mildly depressing story through which cultural androgyny and rigid gender roles throughout history are explored. During the movie it becomes quite clear that Orlando, the main character, does not quite fit in anywhere within society’s rigid gender roles. Real men fought battles, wrote poetry, and had intellectual discussions together. Having any emotions, as a man was not acceptable just as you were not allowed to be a woman and have any intellectual discussions, or physical strength. Right from the start Orlando does not fit into these stereotypes of this time period and shows an equal amount of male and female traits regardless of his/her biological gender. Early in the movie, we discover that Orlando considers him/herself neither male nor female from the very start. The very first shot we get of Orlando he is sitting by an oak while the narrator talks about how he was born into an aristocratic family and would not have to worry about much in his life. He paces around the frame uncomfortably and finally takes a seat near the oak tree. The camera pans to a close up of his face and the an says “He” and at this point Orlando quickly corrects the narrator and says “That is I”. Within the first scene of the movie we quickly see how uncomfortable Orlando is with the traditional gender roles of society. He immediately negates being called “he” and instead picks a gender-neutral pronoun “I”. The viewer can tell right away that Orlando does not consider himself a man at all. Orlando does not settle for fortune and status but rather will only settle for love. In the third scene Orlando is shown at a dance with his fiancé. During this scene Orlando spends a majority of his time leering at another woman. We later find out that this woman’s name is Sasha. Orlando’s fiancé quickly takes notice to him staring at Sasha and walks out of the party to leave him alone. At this point the viewer gets a short mon