Jan 3, 2010

As You Like It | Suggested Essay Topics

Act I
1. Discuss the concepts of fortune and nature as they apply to Orlando and Oliver.

2. Compare and contrast the relationship of Oliver and Orlando with that of Rosalind and Celia.

3. Explore the ways that Shakespeare uses witty wordplay based on "sport" and "wrestling" analogies to reveal his characters' views on the subject of love.

4. Compare the impressions we get of court life and country life in the first act.

Act II
1. Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare reveals that life in the Forest of...