Muneeb-Ahmad July 10‚ 2015 ENG2D1-A Mrs. Bhullar Deception In Twelfth Night “Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception‚ it becomes magic”- Marco Tempest. There are many themes in the book Twelfth night‚ by William Shakespeare. However‚ deception is one of the most prominent themes throughout the novel. In this book the deceptive appearance and language allowed the character in the play to make their way to
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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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again‚ her deception in the Twelfth Night leads the plot while other characters such as Sir Toby and Maria support the theme of deceit. Sir Toby is able to maliciously deceive Sir Andrew‚ using him for his own selfish gain. Maria’s genius prank on Malvolio‚ demonstrates that as humans‚ we often take advantage of others through deceitfulness only‚ for our own entertainment or benefit. The diverse characters in Twelfth Night demonstrate how selfish desires prompt deceitful actions. Disguising herself
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what Malvolio instantly betrays about himself. Before reading Maria’s letter‚ the uptight steward who has scolded other characters for spoiling their ‘appetite’ for love‚ demonstrates sensuality as he envisions himself married to Olivia “in my branched velvet gown‚ having come from a day-bed‚ where I have left Olivia sleeping”. Malvolio’s smugness at his high social status is humorously suggestive‚ “wind up my watch‚ or play with my – some rich jewel”. As Malvolio aspires ‘To be Count Malvolio!’‚ the
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the arc of indulgence past limitation to excess whereby sweet temper turns to gall." Olivia bluntly describes love as a "plague" from which she suffers terribly. These metaphors contain an element of violence‚ further painting the love-struck as victims of some strong force in which they
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One distinction between comic and tragic drama is that comedies end happily‚ while tragedies do not. To what extent is the ending of Twelfth Night a happy one? Twelfth Night Or What You Will is renowned for being one of Shakespeare’s finest achievements in comedy. The basis of a comedy lies in its characters and plot‚ both of which merge together in a formula to produce an end resolution that can be interpreted as happy‚ and also‚ specifically in the case of Twelfth Night‚ festive
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Twelfth Night Criticism William Shakespeare and The Twelfth Night Known for his tragedies‚ comedies‚ sonnets and love stories‚ William Shakespeare is argued to be one of the best writers of his time. Throughout his plays‚ including The Twelfth Night‚ he uses disguise and deceit to fool the other characters to benefit another. Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in the town Stratford-upon-Avon. Although the exact date of his birth is not known‚ historians traditionally celebrate it on the 23rd
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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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paradoxes within the characters. Misinterpretations as well as false presentation of reality are both common occurrences within the characters. Nearly the entire cast of characters use or fall victim to some form of deceit. Both Andrew and Viola present themselves as people they are not‚ and Orsino and Malvolio are fooled themselves about who they are and where they want and can be. Also‚ on a historical note‚ both Olivia and Feste the clown step (by default or self-attainment) out of the socially imposed
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