Q1: the actress’s song enchants, mesmerizes—
parallels with what happens to Sakuntala and king.
Specific imagery in the song:
 Mimosa—flower.
 Aesthetically pleasing scene—nature.
Summer=taking a nap out in the sun.
 Fertile, fertility—bees and flowers. Pollen.
Pollination, bees help. Bees KISS. Kiss lust,
passion.
 Clichéd in move—Disney movies. Beautiful
woman—the scene where she looks nice and
peaceful. Beautiful girl in the park=modern
version, whereas in this play it’s women
weaving flowers.
 Summer love=summer love of Sak. and king.
 Wild bees and flowers—it’s about sex! Spring—
fertility. Birth.
 Birds and bees. Throughout the play—a lot of
the imagery is sexual, sensual. Bodies.
Specifically body parts.
 “Sensuous women”—sexual.
 “weave”—bodies weaving together.
Q2:
Line 78—charioteer-hunting with party. Chasing
antelope belonging to the hermitage.
 Monk tells him not to. 85: rescue victims, not
destroy the victims.
 Karma=93-94, p. 880—“turn the wheel of
empire”
 Foreshadows son will come to take over
empire.
Q3: She’s from different caste. Big thing. Worried
about lifestyle=hermitage. Will she abide by more
religious life rather than getting married?.
 Priyamvada=will be married by father. p. 885,
290-294.
 Line 195—wonders whether she could marry
him at all.
 Problem foreshadowed when talking about—
jasmine and mango—jasmine chooses mango
trees? Actually, might be better to imagine this
scene—the way a jasmine creeper would be
attached to a mango tree (symbiotic
relationship—they both rely on each other).
Mango tree provides shade, protects the
jasmine.
 But…turns out she is of the same caste: p. 884—
261-277
Q4: p. 889, line 185-195. Friends are concerned that
if Sakuntala goes to the city with king, he will
abandon her for his other wives. Danger to her.
(think of jasmine creeper who chooses mango tree).
Q5:
p.896, lines 71-78. Lovesickness is very physical.
“her shoulders bent,” cheeks sunken, etc.
 “I’m burning with love” (Act III, line 210, p. 900).
 “Sakuntala seems to be in great physical pain”
(line 46, p. 895)
Line 182, p. 882
Q6: Conflict is on p. 883. Protecting hermitage vs.
going to help his mother. Solution is p. 894—
sending the buffoon.