In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ Viola gives two different descriptions of women. The first is a soliloquy and takes place after Malvolio has given her Olivia’s ring‚ which is when Viola realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with Viola’s disguise‚ Cesario. Viola’s second description of women is to Orsino‚ when she tells a story about a “sister” of hers who once fell in love as a way of indirectly communicating her love for Orsino. Viola’s two descriptions serve as complements to each other.
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Man Behind the Costume: Feste the Fool A fool‚ is defined as a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night ‚ Feste‚ the fool‚ plays an important role in the play. Aside from adding humour to the play‚ Feste has shown on more than one occasion the true personalities of characters‚ which helps the reader further understand the play and characters. Feste in some ways is also deceiving and though he was not seen making profound remarks‚ F
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COURSE: ENGLISH 121 LECTURER: MR TEMBO ASSIGNMENT: Discuss the role and effect of disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night. How does Shakespeare use these to advance his plot? DUE DATE: 17 JUNE 2011 Before explicating how Shakespeare utilised disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night to develop his plot‚ it is important to understand the meaning of Twelfth Night. In the eastern most part of Canada is a province called Newfoundland and Labrador‚ a long forgotten English tradition-
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In Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare constantly alludes to the contrast between darkness and light by the use of secrets‚ mistaken identities and the contrast between sanity and insanity. With this motif Shakespeare shows us that if we act on first impressions without the true knowledge of the entity of the situation or character‚ then the misinformed motives will surely be in vain; and our efforts futile. Creating much dysfunction within the play‚ Viola’s manly disguise as Cesario creates confusion
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Duke repulsive in his “embassy” (1.5)‚ and Feste dubs him “a foolish wit” (1.5). It is not until Viola enters that Orsino is painted in a new brighter light‚ and even then‚ the Duke acts entitled‚ shallow‚ and overly masculine (2.4). Although “Twelfth Night” is not a tragedy‚ Orsino’s circumstance is tragic. He is trapped in a vicious hierarchy: a noble wall that separates him from others‚ protecting his off-putting persona. Because of his status‚ citizens cannot communicate to him his flaws. Because
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Twelfth Night is one of William Shakespeare’s so-called transvestite comedies that features a female disguising herself as a young man. This concept might be difficult to grasp by today’s audience but during Shakespeare’s time it was not unusual for female roles to be played by young boys. Every character in the play is involved in a situation where they think one person is someone else. These situations lead to turmoil and humor in the play. The many instances of mistaken identity and uncertainty
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In Twelfth Night there are many disguises five of which are found in Act One alone. These disguises are played by the characters of Orcino‚ Viola‚ Sir Toby‚ Olivia and Malvolio. Eash and every disguise functions on its own way in the plot development. the first disguise is that of Orsion’s. He is the wealthy Duke who has become love sick over Olivia. He says‚ ’If music be the food of love‚ play on.’ He is the supposingly most deep or poetic lover . Despite this strong love he seems to be more in
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In William Shakespeare’s comedic play‚ "Twelfth Night"‚ a recurring theme is deception. The characters in the play used 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
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During the “willow cabin” passage in Twelfth Night‚ hyperbole and polysyndeton are used to exaggerate the tone of Viola’s irritation and desperation. The entire speech is an amplification of how Viola feels and what she would really do in this kind of situation. The speech speaks highly of the love that Viola has for Orsino and the extent of what she would do to get it. Not only is she desperate for his love‚ but he is gunning after Oliva‚ someone who will never want him back. Viola tells Olivia
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Shakespeare lived. Though he married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18‚ he was rumored to have had extramarital affairs with numerous men while in London (“Shakespeare’s Sexuality”). Gay men are present in many of Shakespeare’s plays‚ most prominently Twelfth Night. A sailor named Antonio falls in love with a man of noble birth named Sebastian‚ whom Antonio rescued from a shipwreck. However‚ Antonio’s love only brings him grief‚ as the straight Sebastian views Antonio’s homosexual advances merely as gestures
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