reference to Twelfth Night during Shakespeare’s own lifetime is to a performance on February 2‚ 1602. A law student named John Manningham wrote in his diary about a feast he attended at the Middle Temple in London where he was a law student and where “we had a play called Twelfth Night; Or‚ What You Will." This was likely to have been an early performance since it is generally agreed that the play was probably written in 1601. In 1954 Sir Leslie Hotson’s book‚ The First Night of Twelfth Night‚ sought
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The “dark side of life” that William Shakespeare exposes in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ is the danger in the individual’s willingness to abandon the intrinsic self as a means to better realize a goal. The characters Viola‚ Feste‚ and Malvolio‚ in assuming new persona’s‚ engage in a metaphysical betrayal in which they deny the reality of their nature. Viola’s choice to serve Duke Orsino as a page in hopes of finding her brother is by no means unethical‚ and her efforts are ultimately successful‚ but
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love is easy‚ but again love proves them wrong‚ which hurts them in the process. In William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ Orsino demonstrates the theme of unrequited love may hurt‚ but there is someone who loves you even if you don’t see it. Even if someone is hurt‚ they may miss that someone else loves them. Love occurs often in Twelfth Night. Shakespeare uses Orsino to show the common occurrence of love. Orsino loves Olivia‚ but she blocks herself away from the world‚ which leaves
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Deception is the cause of many bad things stealing‚ counterfeiting‚ hacking into people’s accounts‚ and stealing money. In some of the books we read deception is something that comes back several points in the stories. In Midsummer Night Oberon uses the flower potion to trick Titania into falling in love with a vile creature so he can have the mortal boy. Oberon also has his servant uses the flower potion to make certain characters fall in love but ends up making the wrong character fall in love
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Act 3 begins with an interesting conversation between Viola (Cesario) and Fool (Feste). In The Twelfth Night‚ Feste is portrayed as a clown who is skilled at wordplay. In the conversation‚ however‚ Viola figured out that Feste is not just a folly clown and his behavior is based on the deep wisdom. Viola says of him “This fellow’s wise enough to play the fool; And‚ to do that well‚ craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests‚ The quality of persons‚ and the time; And‚ like the
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An examination of Feste’s songs in Twelfth Night. Frank Caron 20135651 Professor Katherine Acheson ENGL 200A Monday‚ October 31‚ 2005 Caron 2 Music‚ be it the “food of love” or otherwise‚ is one of Shakespeare’s most powerful tools. Whether his written lyrics are spoken in verse‚ read in rhythm or sung in song‚ Shakespeare wields an impressive power for drawing his audience into his work with his poetic and lyrical style. Often‚ Shakespeare cloaks his true meanings and thematic
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interest‚ but no more so than in the plays of William Shakespeare. Specifically‚ in their original production and for some time afterwards‚ common practice dictated certain roles for women and men. Analysis of these roles yields interesting insights regarding the value of women and how the relative devaluing of women shaped sexual desire and normal gender roles. In this paper‚ I will attempt to illuminate several features of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night that have bearing on human desire. Before identifying
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The Principle of Recompense in "Twelfth Night" Author(s): Camille Slights Reviewed work(s): Source: The Modern Language Review‚ Vol. 77‚ No. 3 (Jul.‚ 1982)‚ pp. 537-546 Published by: Modern Humanities Research Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3728062 . Accessed: 07/04/2012 13:43 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy set in Illyria during the Christmas season. The article analysis is a critique on the elements of folly and foolery in Shakespeare’s twelfth night. As defined in the critique‚ a fool can be “a silly or foolish person” or “one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others‚ a jester‚ a clown”. In the analysis of the subject in twelfth night‚ the writer highlights that although Feste is the only professional fool in the
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Trevor Nunn’s adaptation of "Twelfth Night" is a masterpiece of insight and nuance. Instead of simply playing this gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity‚ the director highlights the dark undertones of the plot which show surprising depth. There are some alterations from the original text‚ but those who are less familiar with Shakespeare among the audience can appreciate the story being more easy to follow. For example‚ when Duke Orsino utters the famous opening line of the play‚ "If music be
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