When doing research on the world of the play, look for information about: 1  economic environment--class, wealth and poverty. 2  political environment--the relationship of the characters to the form of government under which they live. 3  social environment--the mores and social institutions under which the characters live.
A meander, in general, is a bend in a sinuous watercourse or river. A meander forms when moving water in a stream erodes the outer banks and widens its valley, and the inner part of the river has less energy and deposits silt. stream of any volume may assume a meandering course, alternately eroding sediments from the outside of a bend and depositing them on the inside. The result is a snaking pattern as the stream meanders back and forth across its down-valley axis. When a meander gets cut off from the main stream, an oxbow lake forms.
gander - 1. In Britain, a married man . 2. Or: take a gander , a look or glance; take a look. 3. A stupid or silly person; a ninny. 4. In gay terminology: a) The man who assumes the active role in anal intercourse, a variation on gooser. See sodomite for synonyms. b) An active male homosexual.