As You Like It

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote As You Like It?William Shakespeare
2. What is the date of composition?Circa 1599
3. What is the publication?First Folio, 1623
4. What is Shakespeare's play As You Like It about?It is a pastoral comedy that follows a princess named Rosalind who runs away to a magical forest to find love and adventure, while exploring ideas about identity and society.
5. Why does Rosalind disguise herself as a man?She pretends to be a young man named Ganymede so she can freely meet and help the man she loves, Orlando, and learn about love and herself.

Pastoral Comedy: A dramatic genre that idealizes rural life and often features shepherds, with a focus on love and lighthearted conflict.
Meta-theatricality: Elements within a play that draw attention to its own nature as a performance or work of art.
Elizabethan Society: The social and cultural context of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603).