Ignorance The play Twelfth Night encapsulates what it meant to be a man and women throughout the 16th century. The roles of each gender were set in stone‚ and one could not publicly cross over under any circumstances. During Shakespearean times women were not even allowed to portray themselves on stage‚ men played their roles instead. In my opinion Shakespeare uses the play to show the hypocrisy of the status quo that held people from expressing their true identity. Twelfth Night demonstrates that
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Man Behind the Costume: Feste the Fool A fool‚ is defined as a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night ‚ Feste‚ the fool‚ plays an important role in the play. Aside from adding humour to the play‚ Feste has shown on more than one occasion the true personalities of characters‚ which helps the reader further understand the play and characters. Feste in some ways is also deceiving and though he was not seen making profound remarks‚ F
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not dissimilar to the one that concludes Twelfth Night1 and leaves Feste at the finish-line. “But that’s all one‚ our play is done …” After everything has been sorted out‚ and the proper pairings are arranged‚ verbal and structural rhythms converge to frame a sort of closure—though playing is never done‚ as the next and final verse suggests: “And we’ll strive to please you every day.” Bradley‚ having come to the end of an essay on Feste‚ extends Twelfth Night speculatively beyond the fool’s song‚ and
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COURSE: ENGLISH 121 LECTURER: MR TEMBO ASSIGNMENT: Discuss the role and effect of disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night. How does Shakespeare use these to advance his plot? DUE DATE: 17 JUNE 2011 Before explicating how Shakespeare utilised disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night to develop his plot‚ it is important to understand the meaning of Twelfth Night. In the eastern most part of Canada is a province called Newfoundland and Labrador‚ a long forgotten English tradition-
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The legendary military strategist Sun Tzu once said that “ all warfare is based on deception.” However‚ in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ all comedy comes as a result of deception. Various characters play misleading roles create the chaos and dramatic irony that gives air to the play. In Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare uses Feste‚ Malvolio‚ and Viola to demonstrate the theme that people’s appearance and status do not necessarily coincide with their true nature in order to provide conflicts‚ complications
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characters to redefine what it means to be in love with a female‚ and to reveal to his audiences the drastic lengths that the males go to for their female counterparts. Shakespeare uses Antony from Antony and Cleopatra‚ as well as‚ Duke Orsino from Twelfth Night to demonstrate the subtle power that women had over men because
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ELIT 351 Final Exam Project The love in Twelfth Night The love in Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is a mixture of miscellaneous emotions some of them derived from the events in the plot pf the play and others are caused by the nature of the characters and their inner worlds. This different compound of feelings such as desire‚ affection‚ madness and disguise naturally present such an extraordinary web of love in the play. Each major character in the play experience the love that includes these
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Twelfth Night: Which is more engaging – the main plot or the sub-plot? Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night‚” is considered the last of the true comedies‚ his final light-hearted play before the venture into the darker‚ more sombre tragedies. As with many of his comedies‚ the basis of the story is the two intertwined love plots‚ which are sometimes separate‚ and occasionally come together and directly affect each other. This considered‚ questions have been raised as to whether it should be classed
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Malvolio; the puritanical‚ entertainment-despising character‚ who undoubtedly contradicts himself and his beliefs‚ provides Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with a comedic‚ yet somewhat disheartening aspect‚ but nonetheless contributes to the enjoyment of the readers. Malvolio is presented as a stereotyped Puritan figure‚ who is quick to judge supposed sinners‚ such as the other aristocratic‚ frivolous servants. Additionally‚ he isolates himself from the merriment between the other servants of Lady
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Duke repulsive in his “embassy” (1.5)‚ and Feste dubs him “a foolish wit” (1.5). It is not until Viola enters that Orsino is painted in a new brighter light‚ and even then‚ the Duke acts entitled‚ shallow‚ and overly masculine (2.4). Although “Twelfth Night” is not a tragedy‚ Orsino’s circumstance is tragic. He is trapped in a vicious hierarchy: a noble wall that separates him from others‚ protecting his off-putting persona. Because of his status‚ citizens cannot communicate to him his flaws. Because
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