These activities allow students to explore how Aphra Behn uses character types and tropes associated with carnival in "The Rover". Students can relate this to the play's context of production, and comic theories relating to the carnivalesque. Included in this lesson are primary sources, discussion questions, and activities.

Concepts

characterization, comedy

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Additional Tags

theater, restoration, restoration drama, carnivalesque, religious language, aphra behn

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional