English week 7

Jack Sardar

Volume B Sakuntala pg 876-894

The director is speaking to the actress and preparing her for the performance. She claims that she’s ready but the director says she should practice again because critics always want to mock actors. He tells her to start the play with a song to attract people’s attention. The king is riding on the chariot and sees that there’s an antelope and he aims to try to shoot him but everyone tells him that the antelope belongs to them and that he shouldn’t shoot it. The monk tells the king he should go see Sakuntala who is the daughter of the manager of the community. Sakuntalas friends feel that her father cares more about the trees than his daughter because he orders her to water them and it can take away some of her self respect. The king witnessed it too and it bothered him. Sakuntala and her friends don’t know that the king is watching them. After a bee is chasing Sakuntala and asks for help the king decides to step in and reveal himself. They are all in shock and are trying to do whatever they can to respect him and welcome him properly. They start telling the king secrets and private information and Sakuntala gets very angry especially if their her friends. She threatens them that she will tell her mother.