As You Like It Questions and Answers
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What does the quote "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players" mean?
What is the role of the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare's As You Like It?
What are the poetic devices used in the "Seven Ages of Man" in As You Like It?
How can you explain this phrase of William Shakespeare's famous poem "Seven Ages of Man" from As You Like It: "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything"?
Explain the meaning of the following line from "The Seven Ages of Man": "and then the lover sighing like furnace."
How is the "second childishness" in "the seven ages of a man" from As You Like It related to being a child?
Discuss As You Like It as an example of pastoral literature and say what features of the pastoral mode lend themselves to social criticism.
How is As You Like It a pastoral play?
Why do Rosalind and Celia disguise themselves when they leave the court in As You Like It?
Compare and contrast Jaques and Touchstone, bringing out their contrasting features in a character sketch.
What poetic device is used in "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind"?
What is the meaning of "they have their exits and entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts" from As You Like it, Act 2, Scene 7?
What is the relationship between Oliver and Orlando in the beginning and end of Shakespeare's As You Like It?
Compare and contrast the characters of Rosalind and Celia in the play As You Like It.
Describe the love between Rosalind and Orlando in As You Like It.
What does Touchstone mean when he says, "The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly," in context of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's As You Like It?
Explain the theme of the poem "The Seven Ages of Man" from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
While describing the soldier in "The Seven Ages of Man," why does Shakespeare compare "reputation" with a "bubble"?
Discuss the relationship between Celia and Rosalind in As You Like It.
What happens during the meeting of Orlando and Oliver in the forest in As You Like It?
Explain how Orlando's wrestling match with Charles creates big problems for him in As You Like It.
What is the contrast between Oliver and Orlando in As You Like It by Shakespeare?
Explain the following quote from As You Like It: "Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold."
Explain the opening phrase, "All the world's a stage; And all the men and women merely players," in the poem "The Seven ages of man."
What does Phoebe represent in As You Like It?
What is the figure of speech in the line "Even in the cannon's mouth / And then the justice" from As You Like It?
Explain one simile in the poem "The Seven Ages of Man."
What pastoral elements are present in Shakespeare's As You Like It?
Why in the quote "We as true lovers run into strange capers" does Touchstone say, "run into strange capers"?
What is the significance of the title of As You Like It by Shakespeare?
Why did Duke Frederick begin to treat Rosalind unkindly in As You Like It?
In Act 1, scene 2 of As You Like It, Touchstone talks about mustard and pancakes. What does this mean?
What are the problems/conflicts encountered by the main characters in the play As You Like It?
What is a summary of the poem/song "Under the Greenwood Tree" by Shakespeare in five to six sentences?
What is the relationship between Duke Senior and Duke Frederick at the beginning and at the end of the play?
Why was Rosalind kept at the court after her father had been driven away?
What is the symbolic meaning of "All the world's a stage" by Shakespeare in As You Like It?
In As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5, is Rosalind's monologue "And why, I pray you" written in verse or in prose, and how can you tell the difference?
How does Rosalind want to cure Orlando of his love?
What metaphors do we find in Jaques' "Seven Ages of Man" speech in Act 2, Scene 7 of Shakespeare's As You Like It, and what do they mean?
Describe the relationship between Rosalind and Orlando in As You Like It.
What is the deus ex machina in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It?
Who is in control of the love story between Orlando and Rosalind?
Are there two Jaques in As You Like It?
Explain in full detail the personification and its effectiveness in the passage "The Seven Ages of Man" from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
What does the word "touchstone" mean? In what ways does Touchstone live up to his name in As You Like It by Shakespeare?
Why does Oliver hate Orlando in Shakespeare's As You Like It?
What does "come hither, come hither" mean in the poem "Under the Greenwood Tree" from As You Like It by William Shakespeare?
What are the grievances of Orlando in As You Like It by Shakespeare?
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