Deception and disguise are two key themes in Shakespeare’s ’Twelfth Night’. As in most comedies‚ Twelfth Night celebrates different forms of disguise and deception in order to make the play more entertaining. It also develops a strong connection between the main plot (with Viola‚ Orsino‚ Olivia‚ and the others) and the sub-plot (involving Sir Andrew‚ Sir Toby‚ Malvolio‚ and Maria). Disguise and deception appear in many different ways throughout the story. One of the most overt examples of disguise
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The comedies Twelfth Night and Some Like It Hot both use deception through appearance as a comedic device. Through this theme of deceit the film Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder is shown to be a natural descendant to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. In both works deception through appearance is shown multiple ways in both the main stories and the subplots. The most obvious case of deception through appearance is the cross dressing that happens in both stories. Vilola dresses up as a man in
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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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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
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The uncertainty of identity and disguising of characters throughout Twelfth Night presents a theme with a lot of confusion but also great comedic implications. Mistaken identity is shown when twins Viola and Sebastian are misidentified for one another‚ enhancing the comic confusion amongst the characters. This is more apparent in Act 5 Scene 1; however Shakespeare contributes to this comedy through disguise to develop a sense of dramatic irony in a homoerotic subtext where Olivia falls in love with
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How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand
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is the comedy through the language. Reading through the play twelfth night‚ I noticed that it is filled with metaphors‚ funny insults‚ and clever word play. The name of the play is a metaphor itself. Twelfth night is a holiday in which things are said to be turned upside down‚ like the events of the play. “If the music be food of love‚ play on‚” is the very fist line of the play. This line is a very good example of Shakespeare comedy use through language. The line refers to music as an important metaphor
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Twelfth Night Painting : Disguise and Deceit I chose the themes disguise and deceit in the play as a base for my pieces. Even though there are many other themes which run throughout the play such as love‚ gender‚ society and class. However I wanted to focus on the more comical aspects of this play because I find comedy to be fascinating. In doing my research about Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ I came across an Italian play that was compared to Twelfth Night. It was called “Gl
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How and why does Shakespeare use disguise to develop the comedy of 12th night? The use of disguise features throughout 12th night. As the play is a comedy it has to involve certain conventions such as green worlds and confusion‚ the inclusion of disguise allows Shakespeare to generate comedy and a positive response from the audience as well as making the conventions of comedy easier to include in the play. Shakespeare includes his first use of disguise early on in the play (A1:S2) where Viola
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truth then it’s nonsense and the audience will see it”(Johnny Depp). In Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare shows that love is a blind journey that can cause pain. When you have found your love or are already in love‚ you become a walking zombie; the only thing you see is the good things about your partner and your relationship. When we tend to fall in love we often make the worst mistakes of our lifetime. In Twelfth Night Shakespeare is saying that love makes you not able to see the truth. Viola is a girl
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