Critical analysis of As You Like It?

When a teacher/professor asks you for a critical analysis
of a text, he/she does not want you to actually criticize the play in terms of looking
for errors or mistakes. What a critical analysis of a literary text involves is your
opinion of the work and why you think the way you do.  You can approach a critical
analysis of As You Like It from several different perspectives; I
(or any other person answering this question) cannot do this for you, as it involves
YOUR response to the play, not mine. The best way to form an opinion about the play is
to read it; watch a film version (or two) of it; and read some of the criticism that
others have written. You can analyze any of its elements: plot, characters, setting,
themes, symbols. There is no one correct way to do it. I suggest that you look at the
summary and some of the criticism available on this site to help get you
started.