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    experience definitely gives a new point of view. When they did get saved and they got to back home‚ they will always have these moments in their mind. They will remember what happened on that island and this will definitely switch their lifestyle. In Twelfth Night‚ the outcome is less negative and more positive. Because Sebastian may have gotten in a fight‚ but he did win it. And he got beautiful wife. Viola got melodramatic husband that she loves. So being mistaken for each other may be annoying but thanks

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    Love in Disguise: Analysis of a Shakespearean Comedy Throughout Twelfth Night Shakespeare uses the art of disguise to complicate the relationships formed between the characters of the play. The first character to assume a disguise was Viola who disguised herself as a man in order to get a good job for the count. Other examples of disguise include Malvolio who dresses in cross-garters in order to try and impress Olivia and Feste who pretends to be Sir Topas while Malvolio is locked in the dark

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    “She’ll not match above her estate….”( I:3)- Sir Toby Belch to Sir Andrew convincing him his caste will be enough to marry Countess Olivia‚ in Shakespeare’s well known comedic play Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night revolves around a shipwrecked twin‚ who dresses to find work and falls in love with the guy she works for‚ well trying to convince someone else to love him. Within the comedic play the idea that society and class are aspects of life that can be constricting‚ but they are possible to change

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    ENGL2002 Discussion Paper Reigan Gilbertson C3275675 Word Count: 809 (not including quotes‚ and citations) In the play The Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare‚ and the poem “Pamphilia to Amphilanthus‚” by Lady Wroth‚ love is an occurrent theme. Unattainable love in particular‚ is an aspect to these two seperate writings that plays a focal role‚ and by analysing the powerful techniques of symbolism and tone‚ the similarities and differences between the two Elizabethan works can be explored

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    stage. Instead‚ the women roles were played by man. However‚ in some plays of Shakespeare there are women who is seen in men’s clothes such as in The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. In this essay‚ I will try to analyse the cross-dressing woman who causes both advantage and disadvantage at the same time in Twelfth Night. After a shipwreck in Ilyria‚ Viola becomes alone as thinking that her twin brother is drowned in the sea. Viola decides to cress-dress to find herself a safe haven to

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    The dramatic irony of Orsino’s speech on Cesario’s femininity (lines 30-40) establishes the gender confusion which is to become increasingly important to the plot’s comic complications. Feste’s punning begins the scene‚ and he shows how‚ as in Act 1 Scene 5‚ ‘foolery’ can have a serious satiric purpose. He equates fools and husbands (lines 31-4) and also makes a comment about Jove sending the clean-cut young Cesario ‘a beard’ (line 44)‚ a pointed observation sometimes taken to indicate that he

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    Malvolio the Fool In Shakespeare’s works many characters stand out among the rest. However‚ in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ or What You Will‚ while our attention is focused on the interesting relationship between Orsino‚ Olivia and Viola‚ there is a curious character sulking around in the background. Making his first appearance in the play in scene five of act one‚ Malvolio is a man only seeking the love of a woman‚ but becomes the butt of everyone’s jokes. When we first see Malvolio he is right

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    Keao White-Kaleikula 2.3.14 One to surprise all Feste: Good madonna‚ why mourn’st thou? Olivia: Good fool‚ for my brother’s death. Feste: I think his soul is in hell‚ madonna. Olivia: I know his soul is in heaven‚ fool. Feste: The more fool‚ madonna‚ to mourn for your brothers soul being in heaven. Take away the fool‚ Gentlemen… That was an argument between the “fool” by the name of Feste and the proven fool‚ Olivia. This argument between Feste and Olivia is one of the many examples that show

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    All characters are presented as victims of a need to hide from their true selves. Choose four characters and summarise briefly how this comment relates to them. We are first introduced to Viola‚ one of the twins and central characters in this play. Going by the name of Cesario‚ she seeks to disguise herself in a man’s attire to assume the position of the Duke’s comrade‚ immediately conveying the notion of deception. In this manner‚ she illustrates that she does not deem herself fit to court the

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    Twelfth Night: Analysis of Major Characters Joe Boyce: Grade11 Viola Like most of Shakespeare’s heroines‚ Viola is a tremendously likable figure. She has no serious faults‚ and we can easily discount the peculiarity of her decision to dress as a man‚ since it sets the entire plot in motion. She is the character whose love seems the purest. The other characters’ passions are fickle: Orsino jumps from Olivia to Viola‚ Olivia jumps from

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