Shakespeare utilizes disguise as the primary source of theatrical appeal in his play Twelfth Night. It is particularly common in Comedy‚ for various reasons. With disguise‚ you get confusion‚ mistaken identities‚ and with these‚ you get laughter. On the Elizabethan stage‚ playwrights frequently included disguise‚ or deception‚ in their comedies‚ using it as a comedic device. In Twelfth Night‚ it is the characters abilities to utilize disguises to deceive one another or themselves. This is evident
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Folly Essay – Twelfth Night For my essay I have chosen to write about Malvolio. He is Princess Olivia head steward and confidant. In this play Malvolio proves to be an extremely complex character. As straight edged as he tries to be‚ Malvolio has definitely been stuck by several folly’s. Just as Feste stated in the play‚ “Folly is like the sun‚ it shines everywhere.” Folly operates in a way that the person it affects still believes they are acting with reason and logic. This theme is
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Discuss Shakespeare’s exploration of Saturnalian Vs Puritan in The Twelfth Knight. Within the twelfth Knight Malvolio is considered a puritan; he is a stiff character who wants nothing more than to spoil other people’s fun. The idea of the puritan ties in nicely with the plays major theme‚ the search for happiness. The puritans in Shakespeare’s day were members of the English National Church who emphasised the authority of the bible. Puritans would try and make festive seasons and holidays solemn
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( In the play‚ Malvolio is defined as a kind of Puritan. He despises all manner of fun and games‚ and wishes his world to be completely free of human sin‚ yet he behaves very foolishly against his stoic nature when he believes that Olivia loves him. This leads to major conflicts with characters such as Sir Toby Belch‚ Sir Andrew Aguecheek‚ and Maria‚ mistress of the household. Much of the play’s humour comes from Maria‚ Feste‚ Toby Belch‚ and Andrew Aguecheek tormenting Malvolio with drinking‚ joking
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of self‚ using the character Malvolio‚ unselfish love‚ using the character Antonio‚ and unrequited love‚ using the character Orsino. Each of which is expressed by different characters in different ways. In today’s society‚ many people love themselves more than anything else. Shakespeare shows this issue in Twelfth Night and how it affects people’s lives. He addresses the issue of self love through a very complex and interesting character named Malvolio. Malvolio sees himself as a handsome and
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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 and confusion for the comedy. The presence of Feste‚ the fool‚ introduces complications
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Aguecheeck’ money. The steward of the household is the conceited Malvolio. Late one night Belch‚ Aguecheek and Olivia’s jester‚ Feste‚ are drinking and singing as they often do. Olivia’s handmaiden‚ Maria tries to quieten them but they take no notice. Malvolio catches them and blames Maria for allowing them to behave so badly in Olivia’s house. Maria and the others plan to gets their own back by forging a love letter from Olivia to Malvolio. More confusion ensues with jealousy‚ mistaken Identity and
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is a reflection of Viola‚ protecting her from telling the real story so that she does not get hurt. Furthermore‚ Malvolio has begun to disguise himself as a new man in order to win the heart of Olivia. As Maria has written the letter to Malvolio in order to trick him‚ he believes it is Olivia’s true confession of her love to him and he begins to do all of the things Olivia likes. Malvolio is disguising his true self in order to portray what he believes he should be. Many of the characters are all trying
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not what drives the main plot. By being detached‚ Feste is able to observe what is going on more and laugh with the audience. Feste further proves he is an artificial fool with his trick against Malvolio. The trick was though out carefully and done out of revenge so that people would laugh at Malvolio and with Feste. Truffaldino plays the role of the natural fool. Because he is a natural fool‚ people laugh at him‚ not with him. When he tricks his two masters‚ the tricks are not well thought
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attempting to convince Malvolio that he has gone insane. FOOL: “... Sayst thou that house is dark?” MALVOLIO: “As hell‚ Sir Topas.” FOOL: ” Why‚ it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes‚ and the clerestories toward the southnorth are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?” MALVOLIO: “ I am not mad‚ Sir Topas. I say to you this house is dark.” (4.2.3543) Feste continues to add humour to the play by dressing up as Sir Topas (a curate) and convincing Malvolio that he is going mad
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