Characters
Who is Rosalind’s loyal cousin who chooses exile with her?
Who is Celia?
What event causes Orlando and Rosalind to fall in love?
What is the wrestling match?
“All the world’s a stage” reflects what idea?
What is life as performance / roles humans play?
What theme is shown through Rosalind’s disguise?
What is gender roles / identity?
Who lives in exile in the Forest of Arden?
Who is Duke Senior?
This character mistreats his younger brother and plots against him.
Who is Oliver?
Where do Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone flee?
What is the Forest of Arden?
Who says witty, pun-filled commentary about court life and manners?
Who is Touchstone?
What theme contrasts court life with forest life?
What is nature vs. civilization?
What kind of lifestyle is depicted in the forest?
What is simple/pastoral life?
This witty court fool accompanies Rosalind and Celia into exile.
Who is Touchstone?
Why does Orlando flee his home?
What is his brother Oliver’s plan to harm/kill him?
This Act 1 conversation debates “Fortune” vs. “Nature.”
What is Rosalind and Celia’s discussion?
Orlando and Rosalind’s quick attraction reflects what theme?
What is love at first sight?
What do Rosalind and Celia overhear among shepherds?
What is Silvius discussing love for Phoebe?
This melancholy lord delivers the “All the world’s a stage” speech.
Who is Jaques?
What does Orlando do in the forest to express his love?
What is hanging love poems on trees?
What literary device is dominant in Orlando’s forest poems?
What is Petrarchan love imagery / exaggerated romantic language?
Celia leaving with Rosalind shows what central value?
What is loyalty/friendship?
How does the forest change characters’ behavior?
What is it allows freedom, transformation, and self-discovery?
This ruler banishes Rosalind simply because of her lineage.
Who is Duke Frederick?
What happens to Oliver after failing Duke Frederick?
What is he is stripped of his lands and ordered to find Orlando?
“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?” references which idea?
What is love at first sight (romantic idealism)?
Duke Senior’s life in Arden represents what philosophical idea?
What is pastoral idealism (simple life is better than court life)?
What symbolic role does Arden play in the play?
What is a place of transformation and escape from corruption?