William Shakespeare’s Twelfth night and David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly are both plays that challenge heteronormative expectations and force the readers to abstain from believing that love is only correct amongst the male and female gender. In Fact‚ through the characters actions we witness that once someone is in love‚ it blinds them from their reality forcing them to neglect clear signs of “unusual/queer” behavior. Both plays share a homologous theme that: love makes people crazy and makes them
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“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” – Albert Einstein. This cannot be more true in the case of William Shakespeare. In regards to his play Twelfth Night his creative genius is seen in his ability to create sharp and clever characters through perfectly crafted plots and themes. His aptitude to generate characters that goes against the dictate of society such as Viola and Maria marks him as one of the greatest playwrights of his age. However‚ his facilities as a writer
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William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi are fascinating plays with convoluted plots that cause the reader to ponder the possible differences of females roles in 17th century society versus the present day. This is what makes the plays so amazing and interesting‚ as good literature can easily invoke feelings in its reader‚ challenging personal morals and beliefs. " In early Modern England‚ both gender and hierarchy‚ with the man at the top‚ and the husband’s patriarchal
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The Starry Night Co.1889 is considered the most famous piece of painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist‚ Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece was painted during van Gogh’s stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in France after a mental breakdown in 1889. The painting shows a small village under a wild night sky. A large cypress tree stand in the foreground while rolling mountains subject in the background. Considered as the finest artwork the famous artist had composed‚ van Gogh used multiple
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Twelfth Night: Two Faces‚ One Mind As in most comedies‚ William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night extensively uses disguises‚ masks and mistaken identities to add to the comical nature of the play. Viola’s disguise as Orsino’s page‚ Cesario‚ becomes crucial to the action in the play. Without this important element‚ the action in the play would slow down dramatically‚ making the story much less intriguing. In addition to making the play less interesting‚ the disguise is also necessary to develop the
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starry night. What is happening in this paining is that it is a view from the east-facing window of his asylum‚ room which looks like a big tower just before sunrise with the a small village below‚ what I can also see in this painting is that it is midnight and the sky had different kinds of blue in the sky from dark blue to a light blue in the sky‚ one moon and eleven stars and there are lines around the moon and the sky which is showing the they are shining bright in the dark shy at night. The
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Describe: The Starry Night Over the Rhone was painted by Vincent van Gogh done in Rhone River‚September 1888. The style of this painting is peaceful and quiet. This painting is done with different strokes‚ different points and colors. The type of painting Vincent van Gogh used is oil paint. The focus part of this picture is the Men and women at a beach. This man is wearing a cap on this head‚ a warm jacket and long pants. The women in this picture is wearing a really warm jacket and really warm pants
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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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Twelfth night was written by William Shakespeare in 1601 it was one of the last comedies he wrote. Twelfth Night is seen by many people as a traditional romantic comedy. It includes devices of gender confusion‚ mistaken identity and speaks about the madness of love. Looking throughout William Shakespeare’s plays similarities can be brought up and seen between A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night both include confusion‚ mistaken love for another and a romantic comedy setting. Orsino
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The Starry Night is a post impressionist painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was created not long after he arrived at asylum in Saint Remy France in 1889. This is oil on canvas that measures 73.70” X 92.10”. This work is currently owned and housed by the Museum of Modern Art‚ which is located in New York City‚ New York. The work depicts the pre-dawn view from his room at the Saint Remy Lunatic Asylum. It features a bright‚ turbulent night sky‚ which is framed in the foreground by a small village
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