Posted by Nicole Smith‚ Dec 6‚ 2011FictionNo CommentsPrint Many of the problems and confusions in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” are the result of gender bending episodes‚ many of which involve disguise and deceit of one form or another. In the most prominent examples of disguise and appearance versus reality in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare‚appearances hide an important reality and sometimes actually hinder a character from developing or attaining his or her desire. Certainly‚ Viola in “Twelfth
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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 a woman‚ Viola falls in love with Orsino while confined as a male and Orsino shows attraction towards Cesario. Disguise is also presented at more minor sections of the play through Feste and Malvolio. Shakespeare presents to the audience the heart ache that Viola
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story of Petruchio‚ who wants to marry for money‚ and Katherina‚ the shrew. The two actually marry and Petruchio uses his skills to “tame” Kate. This comedy of Shakespeare’s covers the themes of disguise‚ marriage‚ and transformation. The first recurring theme throughout The Taming of the Shrew is disguise. This theme is demonstrated by multiple characters in both the outer play and the inner. In the outer play‚ the lord dresses Sly up as a lord and makes the page boy dress as a wife to Sly‚ “I
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In Act 3‚ Viola is still disguised as Cesario. Viola literally disguises herself as Cesario in order to be taken seriously in society and to be able to continue to live on her own. Viola is trying to protect herself from the wrath of society as being a single woman in society. Viola also disguises herself in a more figurative way when she tells the story of a woman who loved a man so much that she was willing to do anything to gain his love‚ even if it meant dying. In actuality‚ this anecdote is
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Comedy of Cross-dressing Dr Pamela Bickley considers the subtleties of gender-swapping in Shakespeare’s play. In Twelfth Night Shakespeare exploits the complexity of the situation to the full; disguise is part of the play’s carnivalesque confusion. Attention is frequently drawn to the falseness of Viola’s disguise. In her first scene with Orsino‚ she is already ‘Dear lad’ and close confidante: ‘I have unclasp’d To thee the book even of my secret soul.’ Orsino himself comments that Cesario is still physically
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a play completely focused on the notions of performance‚ disguise‚ and deception. The characters are all acting in roles to meet their own goals‚ performing for the on-stage audience and deceiving everyone but the live audience off the stage. The use of dramatic irony is prevalent in order to engage and involve the audience‚ making them part of the play. Dramatic irony is a literary device wherein the audience is aware of pivotal information that the characters in
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and shows the reluctant feeling toward her condition of disguise. However‚ such confusion brings Viola a chance to change: "Twelfth Night’s feminine‚ comic world‚ however‚ emphasizes the positive aspects of self-fashioning. Viola’s strange passivity … helps transform self-loss into a new birth" (Melchior). In the process of shaping her persona to meet the socially approved standards as a man‚ thus getting rid of the confusion brought by disguise‚ Viola transforms from being lost inside to being brave
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equality transcends to the twelfth century. In the movie and twelfth Night the theme of disguise is very important because Olivia in the movie was very passionate about soccer to the fact that she was willing to disguises herself as her brother‚ so she can be able to compete with the boys soccer team. Unfortunately‚ her school disbands the girls soccer team. However‚ in Twelfth Night Viola decided to disguise herself as a man named Cesario‚ so she would not be in a vulnerable position in
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compares him to the Goddess of hunting and virgins‚ Diana. He says that Cesario has red lips like Diana and has a high-pitched voice like a woman. The Duke does not know that Cesario is in fact a woman‚ Viola‚ in disguise. This creates comedy because the audience knows that Cesario is Viola in disguise‚ but the Duke does not. In Lines one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-four Scene five Act one Malvolio describes Cesario as "Not yet old enough for a man‚ nor young enough for a boy" Malvolio
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becomes impossible as Diaz instructs the reader to go through subjective disguises onto his interactions‚ masking his history‚ social status‚ and even racial characteristics in hopes of manipulating the condition at the cost of emotional intimacy. This paper will examine the writer purpose and the use of subjective disguise to manipulate situation that affect readers’ emotion. At the very beginning of the story the subjective disguise begins in line 5 paragraph 2 when Diaz instruct the boy to put the
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