Dwight H. Inge
Reading ACT III,i, students should know that Duke
Frederick has commanded Oliver to find his brother or lose his life, and that Oliver has stated openly to the Duke Frederick that he has never loved his own brother Orlando. Students may discuss the following questions or issues as they may be related to the play:
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1. How would they feel if an outside authority dictated to them how they should relate to members of their own family? Consider modern situations
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2. Discuss role of modern social worker in family intervention situations. Also, abortion, divorce, custody, etc.
Reading ACT II,ii, students will be assigned parts and will stop periodically to discuss the paradoxical views of Touchstone concerning life in the court and life as a shepherd. Students will discuss now manners of the court might be ridiculous in the forest, and the converse.
Students will consider Rosalind’ s masquerade as a man:
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1. Is it realistic?
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2. What is Rosalind’s intention?
Vocabulary words: 1. uncouth
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6. traverse
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2. Iibertine
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7. athwart
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3. wainscot
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8. tilter
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4. bawdry
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5. tapster
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