The Recognition of Sakuntala

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 400

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Summary

Background

Act Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Act I

Acts II-III

Acts IV-V

Acts VI-VII

Character Analysis

Themes

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Important Quotes

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Essay Topics

Choose one of the play’s minor characters and analyze his/her role. How is he/she characterized? What is his/her wider significance to the play as a whole?

How are gender dynamics depicted in the play? What ideals and expectations regarding masculinity and femininity does the play present?

Sakuntala is often linked to the natural world in the text, while Dusyanta is more strongly associated with the urban world of the court. How do these connections shape their characterization? How do natural and urban settings affect the actions and experiences of the characters more broadly?