As You Like It
Literary Criticism Essay
The As You Like It Literary Criticism Es

As You Like It
Literary Criticism Essay
The As You Like It Literary Criticism Essay must be a minimum of 1200 words, and it is due on [Sunday] May 12. Four research resources are required. One resource must be literary criticism. Three of the research resources must be from Canvas. Essay #4 is worth 150 points.
Potential resources from Canvas include:
• In-Class Schema Builders
• Lesson Plans
• Film Versions of As You Like It and YouTube clips
• Input about As You Like It Documents
• Essay #4 Resources [Literary Criticism] .pdf
• “Old School Man with New School Views” or another Essay #4 Student Model
Essays without resources from Canvas or without significant changes between drafts will be too incomplete for me to grade.
Requirements:
• Freewrite Draft or MLA Format Outline
[Students who submit an MLA Format Outline will earn 10 extra credit Points]
• Complete Rough Draft
[Significant changes between drafts are required.]
• Standard Format Final Draft
• MLA Format Works Cited
Potential Topics for Essay #4 Include:
Finding and Interpreting a Theme:
• Nature has the power to heal people morally and psychologically.
• Corruption at the national level can lead to corruption at the personal [family] level.
• A woman has the same responsibility as a man to pursue her destiny, romantic and otherwise.
• Gender is presentation.
Analyzing Character and Action:
• Why does Rosalind continue to cross dress as a man when it is no longer required for her safety?
• Does Orlando suspect that “Ganymede” is actually Rosalind? When and why?
Interpreting Symbols:
• The chronological progression of Winter into Spring is symbolic of As You Like It’s transition from challenge to triumph.
Commenting on Form:
• How does Shakespeare use the theatrical convention of men playing female roles for comedy and psychological insight?
Analyzing Modern Parallels to Situations and Characters in As You Like It:
• Young Romance in 2024 versus Young Romance in As You Like It
• Write a modern version of a scene or monologue of As You Like It.
• Cast an imaginary production of As You Like It with modern actors.
• Compare characters and situations in As You Like It with characters and situations in Cannery Row, If Beale Street could Talk or The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.