Escher said‚ “Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” This quote is saying that what you see and what is actually there can be two different things. Appearances versus reality is a recurring theme in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Twelfth Night . Appearances hide an important reality and sometimes can get in the way of a character from developing or attaining his or her goal. The problems that happen involve disguises and deceit of one form or another and create tension amongst the
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In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night most of the character’s actions and thoughts are motivated through love. In modern and past society love is viewed as a gift or blessing‚ but in this case love is the main cause of suffering and characters that do fall in love are most of the time misguided and acts of cruelty either fall on them or they cause them. Straight from the beginning Orsino is manipulated with love for Olivia. His obsession over her causes him to refuse to go hunting or any other activity
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In William Shakespeare’s a Twelfth Night a major subject is gender and sexual identity as a whole. Shakespeare takes on a vision that implies that gender to some degree can be subjective depending on how you present yourself rather than something you are due to the sexual parts you were given at birth. Viola early on in the story disguises herself as a male‚ named Cesario‚ and almost instantly Olivia falls in love with her. The overall alteration of Viola into Cesario is thought-provoking because
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music alongside poetry used in Twelfth Night Critics call Twelfth Night one of William Shakespeare’s most poetic and musical plays. Shakespeare writes poetic lines for the major characters‚ Viola‚ Orsino‚ and Olivia‚ and gives the Fool‚ and other minor characters‚ songs to sing throughout the play. The particularly romantic lines of the play make it seem as if the characters are professional poets themselves. Shakespeare also uses the music and poetry in Twelfth Night to foreshadow what is going
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In William Shakespeare ’s Twelfth Night; or‚ What You Will‚ Viola‚ a young woman who survived a shipwreck‚ makes a choice to disguise as a boy‚ in order to work for the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino. During the first three days of her employment as a eunuch named "Cesario"‚ she is sent on a quest to persuade Orsino ’s love interest‚ Olivia‚ to be his wife. Though not an easy task‚ Viola is granted access to Olivia‚ who is mourning her recently deceased brother. While "Cesario" is attempting to woo her
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Within Shakespeare’s Act 2 scene 4 of Twelfth Night and Act 1 scene 4 of King Lear‚ comparisons between Orsino and King Lear‚ and Cesario and Kent are made. The distinct similarities regarding character function‚ the theme of love‚ and the motif of disguise demonstrate draw interesting parallels between the two scenes. Orsino and King Lear are both unpredictable when making up their minds‚ thus‚ making them similar in regards to their attitude. Orsino indirectly changes his mind when talking to
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There are multiple forms of love in the Shakespearean play Twelfth Night‚ such as self-love‚ unrequited love‚ hidden love‚ and selfless love. The main theme of Twelfth Night is love. I have chosen to analyse Malvolio’s self-love‚ and Viola’s self-less love. Malvolio’s Self Love Throughout the play‚ there are scenes involving Malvolio‚ Olivia’s prudish‚ irritating servant. He is full of self-love‚ and cares for no-one but himself and Olivia. Maria‚ Andrew‚ Toby and Feste decide to play a prank
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Infatuation is a form of indulgence If food be the food of love…. appetite may sicken and so die - Shakespeare compares love to the appetite - Orsino wishes for more music‚ music being compared to food‚ so that his love/appetite will die. - Metaphorically‚ Shakespeare has presented a picture of gluttony or excessive eating. - The main idea that is conveyed is one of excess and an illogical and self-indulgent approach to dealing with one’s romantic inclinations. - This picture of excess
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In the introduction of Twelfth Night‚ twins Sebastian and Viola are compared to have such similar characteristics that Viola is said to have disguised herself as Sebastian. The twins‚ get into a terrible shipwreck that dolefully partens them. Viola masters a scheme to disguise herself as a man named Censario while she searches for her twin. Quickly Censario runs low on money and takes a job working for Orsino the Duke of Illyria‚ whom she instantly falls in love with. Unfortunately the love of her
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Twelfth Night Act I - Orsino is a guy that likes the idea of being in love. He is in love with Olivia but she is not interest in him. Curio is Orsino’s servant. Viola is in Illyria because of a shipwreck and was separated from her brother Sebastian. She decides to disguise herself as a man named Cesario. Viola‚ as Cesario‚ starts to work for Orsino. Sir Toby Belch is Olivia’s uncle who is a drunk and is rude. Maria is a smart and likes dry humor. Sir Andrew is a cocky man that thinks he posses
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