Theme Of Deception In Twelfth Night

Identity is often misinterpreted in common films and novels. These originated from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night about a girl named Viola, who washed ashore and dresses as a man so she can raise money to return to her land. One of the films that is based off the idea of deception through appearance is Some Like it Hot, two men searching for employment in a band dress as girls, cloaking themselves from a mob. Deception in appearance is common throughout these two stories in several ways.

Disguise is seen in both the film and play. Viola is seen as a man named Cesario so that she can work for a duke. Equally so, Joe and Jerry dressed up as the opposite gender to receive a job in a female band. All of the characters originally alter their appearance for an income. However, it later becomes more when one of the characters falls in love with someone being deceived.
In Twelfth Night, Malvolio duped himself into believing that Olivia is in love with himself. When received a love letter meant as a prank, he makes the letter suit himself. In this antic, they lock Malvolio away claiming he is possessed and sends a priest, who is really the clown. Even though Malvolio would not be able to see who is talking to him, the clown puts on a robe to camouflage as a priest. “ I’ll put it on, and I will dissemble myself in’t,” he claims knowing that it will help convince himself what he is acting to be (55). In the film, Jerry gets stuck in the life of a woman. When he is proposed to, he agrees originally, caught up in his own lie. He even gets excited and easily gets along with the other girls in the band, fooling himself of his true