brittle when warm‚ reducing its malleability greatly‚ and the tin foil created a strange aftertaste‚ which was undesirable to many. During the beginning of the 1800s‚ scientists and companies began to experiment with aluminum foil. Reynolds Wrap‚ started by Richard Reynolds‚ became the first company to use aluminum foil instead of tin. His reasons were simple and logical: aluminum rolled thinner than tin‚ increasing the amount of foil the company could produce on the same amount of money‚ while also
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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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In Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night"‚ it is clearly evident that the fluctuation in attitude to the dual role and situation and tribulations imposed upon the character of Viola/Cesario ends up in a better understanding of both sexes‚ and thus‚ allows Viola to have a better understanding for Orsino. Near the opening of the play‚ when Viola is adopting her male identity‚ she creates another self‚ like two masks and may decide to wear one or the other while swinging between the two identities in emotion
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Master of Destiny: Motif of Love in Twelfth Night A motif is an image‚ idea‚ theme‚ character‚ or verbal pattern that recurs in a story‚ novel‚ poem‚ or play. It serves a purpose such as unifying the action or symbolizing an idea. In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ the motif of love serves as the main plot‚ a complete love triangle‚ and reinforces the connection of the main plot to the sub-plots. Several types of love are presented‚ such as romantic love‚ experienced by Viola and Orsino
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Explore the use of Disguise and Deception in Twelfth Night Many characters within Twelfth Night create disguises for themselves‚ beginning with Viola‚ who disguises herself as a male in order to make everyone in Illyria believe that she is in fact a man. By deciding to dress Viola in male garments‚ Shakespeare creates endless sexual and gender confusion with the Olivia-Viola-Orsino love triangle. Other characters in disguise include Malvolio‚ who wears cross garters and yellow stockings in
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appearances to look like men so as to trick different characters. A winding of complexity circles around the comparative general ideas and results. At the end of the day‚ the creators use diverse strategies to accomplish the same objective. The Duke of Illyria in Twelfth Night and the soccer commander in She’s The Man‚ is enamored with Oliva in both the story and movie. Olivia goes gage for Viola‚ who was masked as Cersario in Twelfth Night‚ and Sebastian‚ her twin sibling in bot motion pictures
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Scene Analysis 1. Twelfth Night‚ Act IV‚ Scene II 2. Feste‚ the Fool‚ disguises himself as Sir Topas‚ a priest‚ and visits Malvolio in his imprisonment‚ under direction of Maria and Sir Toby. Malvolio is relieved to hear the voice of the priest and believes the priest might release him from his prison. Malvolio makes the claim that he is not insane and is wrongly imprisoned in darkness. Feste tells Malvolio that he is in a well-lit room and that the darkness is simply ignorance. Sir Toby becomes
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| Use of Development of Foil Characters to Disprove Stereotypes | Cindy HerIB Language A: Literature HLClemens26 February 2013Word Count:1‚303 | | Cindy Her Clemens IB Language A: Literature HL 26 February 2013 Use of Development of Foil Characters to Disprove Stereotypes When Arabic men are mentioned‚ they are often labeled with the same characteristics and get classified as men who have no respect for women. They are repeatedly known to be men who do not have any tolerance for women but
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take away from the overall moral of the story (yes‚ dreams do come true). Somehow‚ the same understanding is forgotten as more and more people recreate literary classics. The film “She’s the Man” is a modern adaption of the Shakespearian comedy Twelfth Night. At first glance‚ the film and play share apparent congruities; however the differences and alterations that the screenplay writer and director have laid on top of the original play has transformed this traditional play in order to fit the mold
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In her 1991 article‚ retired English professor Elouise M. Bell quotes one of the Bard’s clowns‚ starring in Twelfth Night. Both witty individuals make the argument that friends wrongly lie to protect feelings‚ while supposed enemies tell the truth in order to harm‚ and yet‚ that is the better option. As Prince Hamlet‚ another one of Shakespeare’s clever characters‚ states‚ “I must be cruel only to be kind.” Bell explains in detail four ways of viewing and reacting to opposition in her article‚ all
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