How Does Maudie Present The Theme Of Emotions In Twelfth Night
Explore how the play Twelfth Night portrays the theme of emotions and compare to at least two poems from the literary heritage.
Twelfth Night, a play written by William Shakespeare, is a comedy which presents the theme of emotions in a respective approach. The emotions portrayed vary from different kinds including love, lust, hatred and jealousy. Twelfth Night can easily be compared to poems from the literary heritage. Sister Maude and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven are two perfect examples that both differ and correspond to Shakespeare’s phenomenon.
Sebastian, Viola’s twin brother in Twelfth Night, loves his sister very dearly. They are an inseparable pair of siblings until a shipwreck destroys the statement. Sebastian and Viola
both believe that one another are dead. Yet this does not kill the love that Sebastian has for his doppelganger relative. In Act 2 Scene 1, Sebastian describes his sister like no brother ever would: “it was said she much resembled me, was yet of many accounted beautiful… -she bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.” (Line 21-27) Words cannot describe the emotions that he has for young Viola. However, Sister Maude (a poem written by Christina Rossetti) completely contradicts the sincere feeling that Sebastian shares for his twin. The speaker of the literary heritage poem loathes her sister. The poem ends with words filled with abhorrence and disgust: “But sister Maude, oh sister Maude, Bide you with death and sin.” The emotions expressed in Twelfth Night (in this case) and Sister Maude oppose each other like fire and ice; love and hate.
Another poem that can easily be evaluated with the theme of emotions in Twelfth Night is William Butler Yeats famous creation, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. Love, love and more love. The orator of the poem articulates his feelings for his loved one magically. Yeats uses words to describe the cloths of heaven, comparing them to his emotions. He would give literally everything that he owns in order to gain adoration from the one he loves. Yet, in the poem, the spokesman has nothing but his dreams: “But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;” The poem undoubtedly relates to Viola’s love for the Duke of Illyria, Orsino. Viola wants to convey her emotions for Orsino, but cannot do so as she has nothing to give. She hints out her feelings multiple times yet nothing works as Orsino is deeply in love with Olivia. With Viola being poor due to the shipwreck, Orsino takes no notice of her whispered declarations. Her emotions are left unnoticed just like in He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.
As a final point, the theme of emotions portrayed in Twelfth Night and poems for the literary heritage can share similarities and differences in distinct cases. Love and affection in Twelfth Night can be denied by the poem Sister Maude or be supported by William Yeats in He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.
Muneebah Shaheen ©
Twelfth Night, a play written by William Shakespeare, is a comedy which presents the theme of emotions in a respective approach. The emotions portrayed vary from different kinds including love, lust, hatred and jealousy. Twelfth Night can easily be compared to poems from the literary heritage. Sister Maude and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven are two perfect examples that both differ and correspond to Shakespeare’s phenomenon.
Sebastian, Viola’s twin brother in Twelfth Night, loves his sister very dearly. They are an inseparable pair of siblings until a shipwreck destroys the statement. Sebastian and Viola
both believe that one another are dead. Yet this does not kill the love that Sebastian has for his doppelganger relative. In Act 2 Scene 1, Sebastian describes his sister like no brother ever would: “it was said she much resembled me, was yet of many accounted beautiful… -she bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.” (Line 21-27) Words cannot describe the emotions that he has for young Viola. However, Sister Maude (a poem written by Christina Rossetti) completely contradicts the sincere feeling that Sebastian shares for his twin. The speaker of the literary heritage poem loathes her sister. The poem ends with words filled with abhorrence and disgust: “But sister Maude, oh sister Maude, Bide you with death and sin.” The emotions expressed in Twelfth Night (in this case) and Sister Maude oppose each other like fire and ice; love and hate.
Another poem that can easily be evaluated with the theme of emotions in Twelfth Night is William Butler Yeats famous creation, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. Love, love and more love. The orator of the poem articulates his feelings for his loved one magically. Yeats uses words to describe the cloths of heaven, comparing them to his emotions. He would give literally everything that he owns in order to gain adoration from the one he loves. Yet, in the poem, the spokesman has nothing but his dreams: “But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;” The poem undoubtedly relates to Viola’s love for the Duke of Illyria, Orsino. Viola wants to convey her emotions for Orsino, but cannot do so as she has nothing to give. She hints out her feelings multiple times yet nothing works as Orsino is deeply in love with Olivia. With Viola being poor due to the shipwreck, Orsino takes no notice of her whispered declarations. Her emotions are left unnoticed just like in He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.
As a final point, the theme of emotions portrayed in Twelfth Night and poems for the literary heritage can share similarities and differences in distinct cases. Love and affection in Twelfth Night can be denied by the poem Sister Maude or be supported by William Yeats in He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.
Muneebah Shaheen ©