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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Twelfth Night: Which is more engaging – the main plot or the sub-plot? Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night‚” is considered the last of the true comedies‚ his final light-hearted play before the venture into the darker‚ more sombre tragedies. As with many of his comedies‚ the basis of the story is the two intertwined love plots‚ which are sometimes separate‚ and occasionally come together and directly affect each other. This considered‚ questions have been raised as to whether it should be classed
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. He was broadly known as " the greatest writer in the English language." Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night near the middle of his career and wrote it to entertain people because it was near Christmas time when the first production of the play was first performed. Shakespeare’s intention in writing this play was to present a Romantic comedy that explored the theme of love‚ music‚ and beauty. He successfully completed this play and used many literary
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characters to redefine what it means to be in love with a female‚ and to reveal to his audiences the drastic lengths that the males go to for their female counterparts. Shakespeare uses Antony from Antony and Cleopatra‚ as well as‚ Duke Orsino from Twelfth Night to demonstrate the subtle power that women had over men because
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Malvolio; the puritanical‚ entertainment-despising character‚ who undoubtedly contradicts himself and his beliefs‚ provides Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with a comedic‚ yet somewhat disheartening aspect‚ but nonetheless contributes to the enjoyment of the readers. Malvolio is presented as a stereotyped Puritan figure‚ who is quick to judge supposed sinners‚ such as the other aristocratic‚ frivolous servants. Additionally‚ he isolates himself from the merriment between the other servants of Lady
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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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emphasis on genuine love‚ love of love‚ and false love. All there‚ becoming more and more evident throughout the play. Although a strange play; with cross-dressers‚ homoerotic attractions‚ and strange ambitions‚ his message became clear. Although “The Twelfth Night” creates an atmosphere of confusion and ambiguity
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Shakespeare was a man that established his name in history books as a great writer. One of Shakespeare’s many sparks of innovative genius which laminated these pages was his use of masks. Masks are used throughout Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” as a character would choose to wear their selected mask to fit in to the particular situation. Shakespeare uses this imagery of a mask in many of the characters in his play‚ but mostly in two: Viola and Feste. These masks are used throughout
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Margaret Laurence’s‚ The Stone Angel‚ the stone angel is a symbol used to heighten the reader’s understanding of the characteristics of Hagar Shipley. First‚ the stone angel is used to show Hagar’s pride in the Currie family name. She prizes the stone angel because it is expensive and imported from Italy to honour a mother Hagar never knew. Similarly‚ the stone angel is symbolic of Hagar’s inability to show emotions; like the angel‚ Hagar is hard and cold. Lastly‚ the angel is symbolic of Hagar’s blindness
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EMOTIONS IRRATIONAL THINKING & DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS Many debilitative feelings come from irrational thoughts‚ called “fallacies” here. Often times we are not aware of these thoughts‚ which makes them particularly powerful. 1. The Fallacy of Perfection: the belief that you should be able to handle every situation with confidence and skill. Once you believe that it is possible to be a perfect communicator‚ the next step is to believe that others won’t like you if you’re not perfect.
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