deception for a variety of purposes. Viola’s use of deception involves her disguising herself as a man in order to obtain a job with the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino. On the other hand‚ Maria‚ Olivia’s servant‚ writes a letter to Malvolio in Olivia’s handwriting to make Malvolio act foolishly because of his love for Olivia. While some use deception as a means of survival‚ others use deception to trick others and make them act foolishly. The first example of deception in this play was when Viola decides
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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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Cesario). Shakespeare also used lust between Malvolio and Olivia. Malvolio thought that Olivia had fallen in love with him (as the reader knows this was a joke being played on Malvolio). This grew a larger ego bubble on Malvolio. He thought that she truly wanted his love‚ and thusly his ego led him to believe that he truly did love her due to the fact that he was so full of himself. Once again Malvolio finds out in the end that it was a joke. Malvolio?s conceitedness was broken and then he sees that
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he goes. But‚ in the end things always work out. He goes with the flow and doesn’t get too worked up. Malvolio is the character that everyone takes advantage of throughout his story. He has a constant yearning to fit in‚ but never quite fulfilling what he sets out to do. He means well‚ but is frequently misinterpreted. 2) Scene V. Olivia’s House This is a discussion between Maria‚ Malvolio‚ Olivia‚ and Feste. This chatter back and forth between Feste and Olivia where Olivia is trying to get rid
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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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world But I can change the world for one.” I think this really relates to Feste because he is the only compassionate one in this play who actually thinks about other people and not just himself and the people he’s in love with. He used to also hate Malvolio because he mocked him and insulted him‚ but in
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Love is a big thing in our lives. It does many wonders and things to us. But the main thing that keeps our love straight and right is our heart. The heart plays into many parts when in love or falling in love. Many people might think that the mind is the back that has control but in reality it is the heart. In Twelfth Night there are many examples that use the heart instead of the mind to show love. Many people when it comes to love they use the heart. The heart plays a lot when it comes to being
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Love is an everlasting theme throughout literature. In the play “Twelfth Night”‚ Shakespeare explores and illustrates 3 different types of love--true‚ self‚ and friendship. For each type of love‚ Shakespeare created its own characters to represent it‚ and these characters and their love played a major role in the play. True Love: There are three romantic love stories in the play. In the opening‚ Duke Orsino expressed his deep love for Countess Olivia. Later‚ in the following scene‚ Viola disguised
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the play‚ there are scenes involving Malvolio‚ Olivia’s prudish‚ irritating servant. He is full of self-love‚ and cares for no-one but himself and Olivia. Maria‚ Andrew‚ Toby and Feste decide to play a prank on Malvolio‚ by writing a letter that Malvolio found. He somehow worked himself into it‚ and convinced himself it was from Olivia. In truth‚ it was from Maria‚ who has the same handwriting as her mistress‚ Olivia. Shakespeare has written a soliloquy by Malvolio‚ telling how he loves himself so much
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writes a letter pretending to be Olivia. Malvolio finds the letter‚ that appears to have no titled name for who the letter is for but of course a man like Malvolio who thinks so highly of himself thinks the letter is for him. He gets so caught up in his lust and follows through the letter word for word. Before the letter was placed Maria states “Observe him‚ for the love of mockery‚ for I know this letter will make a contemplative idiot of him” (II.5.39) Malvolio states “Besides she uses me with more
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