The Barber of Seville | Topics for Further Study

Learn more about the hypothesis that Figaro was Beaumarchais’s stand-in on the stage and in the eyes of French society. Do you think this hypothesis is true? Write a persuasive essay supporting or disagreeing with this theory.

What do you think will happen next with the Count and Rosine. Write a short summary explaining what course you believe their relationship will take.

Some critics believe that Figaro’s monologue in act V, in which he chronicles the nobility’s abuses of the lower classes, forecasts the French Revolution and the end of the French aristocracy....

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