Find out what you can about your questions, and post what you find as a file called research2.htm. Make sure to put your name at the top, and copy each question in so we're clear about which ones you're answering. Do this by 8:30 Friday morning.

[A bit of advice: some of these questions may seem unanswerable, but if they're phrased in this way: "what do some scholars and critics say about . . . " they become more manageable. If it helps you to rephrase the question, as long as you preserve the main focus, feel free to do that. Also, it's useful to check in books about Aphra Behn and about the drama of the period; introductions to plays, and references in biographies, often have information on matters like this.  Also: if you learn something in pursuing your question that seems to you might be useful for an audience, by all means include it, as an addition to your text.]

1. Why is Willmore called "The Rover"? Does the title have any particular meaning? What is the meaning of  "The Rover"? [Nick Comeau, Christopher Campbell]
2. C Where would the Cavaliers get their money? How wealthy are they supposed to be? [Rebecca Rankin]
3. How did Aphra Behn meet the King? Why were they considered good friends? Was her alliance with Charles a reason for her fame? [Scott Saulnier]
4. Were female actresses scorned for the roles they played? Were their reputations affected by the roles they assumed on stage? [Sally Smith, Yasmin Glinton]
5. Does the manner in which women are treated in the play reflect the social situation at the time the play was written? Could this play reflect the time period and the social interaction between, for example, males and females? Was it an overexaggerated production or was there some truth in the way the characters were depicted? [Nick Comeau]
6. Were there no other options available to women besides those presented in the play (i.e., marriage, prostitution or the convent)? How often did young women go into nunneries? Why would Hellena be sent to a nunnery? [Hilja Lindala]
7. With women gaining rights in the Restoration, what were the views of the public about the rape scenes? [Hilja Lindala]
8. The play mentions the unity of time. What does it mean? Why was it significant? [Yasmin Glinton]
9. What is the effect of having the characters dressing up as gypsies? [Rebecca Rankin]
10. Do readers often feel The Rover is a feminist play? [Greg Keezer, Jeremy Peck]
11. Are there moral issues presented in the play or this simply a form of entertainment? [Andrea Hynes]
12. What writers did Behn influence? [Greg Keezer, Jeremy Peck]
13. What does "Spanish" culture or style have to do with this play, loved by the English? What is the connection? [Sally Smith]
14. Why was the play set in Naples? Who are the Spanish? Why are they in Naples? [Alisha Sweezey]
15. Why would Behn make Blunt such a tragic character (most bad things happen to him) . . .? [Alisha Sweezey]
16. As the first successful woman writer, what obstacles might Aphra Behn have had to overcome in order to get her work on stage? [Andrea Hynes]
17. What are these terms -- Coxcomb, Jilt, Common Shore, 'Sheartlikens, Curtesan, Quean (add any of your own)? [Christopher Campbell]
18. How different was the play from Killigrew's Thomaso? [Scott Saulnier]