So what does it mean to be a 'Rover'? TheOED defines 'Rover' as both a "wanderer" and as "a male flirt" as well as a target selected at random in a form of recreational archery. The gloss in the Norton defines 'Rovers' as "Royalist gallants in exile during the inter-regnum." How does Behn's use of this word, alter our understanding of Willmore? Is the title of 'Rover' a complement or does it carry a pejorative note?
Why is Hellena trying to become a nun at the beginning of this play? Is Behn critique the reasons that women became nuns, or is this a more general critique of Catholicism? How does this relate to the fact that a large amount of this play takes place during Carnival? Are we meant to see a conflict between these two religious practices?
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