characters. Shakespeare’s techniques involve mistaken identity to bring humor‚ mystery‚ and complication to the play. Many characters in Twelfth Night assume disguises‚ beginning with Viola who is disguised as a eunuch‚ Maria who writes a letter to Malvolio as Olivia‚ and then the mix-up between Sebastian and Viola are revealed. The instances of mistaken identity are related to many disguises in the play. Viola‚ who puts on male attire‚ begins to have everyone believe that she is a man. By dressing
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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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This theme is played out by characters such as Malvolio who is always patronizing the lowly servants as he dreams of marrying Olivia and raising to nobility by becoming a count. This theme of changing classes is also played out by Viola‚ whose disguise proposes that class‚ just like gender‚ is a relatively
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‘At the end of Shakespeare’s comedic plays all complications and disorders are resolved and a new order is generated to the satisfaction of the audience.’ to what extent is this true of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? It is easily argued that Shakespeare’s comedic plays have a similar‚ formulaic‚ structure. Dr Schwartz from the California Polytechnic State University argues that the ‘action of a comedy traces a movement from conflict to the resolution of conflict’. There are many disorders and complications
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stock characters‚ are the true source of the madness and love in Illyria; for example‚ Malvolio would be one of the funniest characters to the audience‚ however this humour is rooted in the madness of Malvolio’s misfortune. A sense of dark humour is portrayed when Malvolio is tricked into thinking that Olivia loves him and is then imprisoned. The heightening sense of dark humour is portrayed when Malvolio miserably questions why he had to suffer and be “imprisoned‚ kept in a dark house‚ visited
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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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social class boundaries by acting as a priest to help prank Malvolio. Olivia’s maid‚ Maria‚ assists Feste in speaking with the believed-to-be-possessed Malvolio about his supposed madness: “Madman‚ thou errest. I say there is no darkness but ignorance‚ in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog” (Shakespeare 4.2.44-46). His occupation as a jester gives him the opportunity to mimic a priest who is of higher class than Malvolio. Feste alludes to the Bible when the Pharaoh would not let
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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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