Similarly, Osgood falls in love with Jerry(Daphne) thinking that he is a woman. Viola says to Olivia, “That you do think you are not what you are.” Meaning that Olivia believes that she is a women in love with a man but that is not the case. Osgood falls in love with Jerry dressed as Daphne and asks him to marry him. Both comedies use this mix up as a main plot in both stories. The subplots in both the play and the movie also use the theme of deception through appearance. For example Joe pretended to be a richman called Junior in order to get Sugar to be with him. Furthermore, Malvolio also deceives himself into thinking that Olivia is in love with him with a fake letter written by Maria. He justifies his reasoning that the “M, O, A, I doth sway my life” a line written in the letter is referring to him as all of those letters are in his name. In addition the Clown dresses up as a Parson to play a trick on Malvolio. Even though there is no need to dress up due to the room being pitch black in the first place the Clown says that it helps one get into character by getting into costume. By using false appearances as comedic devices the movie Some Like It Hot is a natural descendant to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Both comedies use this theme throughout the story as both a main plot as well as subplots. This is shown through cross dressing, tricks, and disguises used in these works.
Similarly, Osgood falls in love with Jerry(Daphne) thinking that he is a woman. Viola says to Olivia, “That you do think you are not what you are.” Meaning that Olivia believes that she is a women in love with a man but that is not the case. Osgood falls in love with Jerry dressed as Daphne and asks him to marry him. Both comedies use this mix up as a main plot in both stories. The subplots in both the play and the movie also use the theme of deception through appearance. For example Joe pretended to be a richman called Junior in order to get Sugar to be with him. Furthermore, Malvolio also deceives himself into thinking that Olivia is in love with him with a fake letter written by Maria. He justifies his reasoning that the “M, O, A, I doth sway my life” a line written in the letter is referring to him as all of those letters are in his name. In addition the Clown dresses up as a Parson to play a trick on Malvolio. Even though there is no need to dress up due to the room being pitch black in the first place the Clown says that it helps one get into character by getting into costume. By using false appearances as comedic devices the movie Some Like It Hot is a natural descendant to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Both comedies use this theme throughout the story as both a main plot as well as subplots. This is shown through cross dressing, tricks, and disguises used in these works.