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    "She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d‚ and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello‚ I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello‚" is pervaded by a dominant theme‚ one of love. Othello‚ the Moor of Venice falls madly in love with a woman named Desdemona. They marry and are very happy together. Othello and Desdemona face many trials during the course of their nine-month marriage. The most notable one occurs when Barbanzio‚ Desdemona’s father accuses Othello

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    I have told Joseph that he did the right thing‚ for all the right reasons‚ in all the wrong ways. As Joseph came upon the scene of Mr. Reese restraining Olivia‚ he saw what he perceived as an imminent threat to his sisters’ safety. Olivia is one of Joseph’s oldest friends. She shares with Joseph a similar background of a broken family. She is currently living with us‚ sharing meals‚ chores‚ etc. as one of us. We are her NaNa and PaPa‚ just as we are to Joseph and his sisters. As he paused‚ he processed

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    Justin Sundstrom 2/14/13 2nd period Twelfth Night 2. In Twelfth Night a theme of unrealistic love is established‚ with all the different characters. Duke Orsino loves Olivia who loves Viola who really is the main character Viola‚ who has a thing for the Duke. This conflict of lovers is unrealistic‚ and makes for an exciting conflict. This unrealistic chain of events is related to the realistic ideas of people falling in love with a persons personality‚ and also relates that people

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    William Shakespeare-Twelfth Night or What You Will The comedy in Twelfth Night is largely generated by episodes involving mistaken identity. How far do you agree? Coursework Plan Description of play and contextual information (twelfth night festival‚ how the plays themes/elements of inversion link to the festival) possibly performed on the same day as festival though first recorded 6th February. (Reference- “our copy of book”) AO1- Argument point 1- That Viola is the catalyst for comedy

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    Coursework- The comedy in ‘Twelfth Night’ is largely generated by episodes involving mistaken identity. How far do you agree? William Shakespeare‚ in his well-known comic play‚ Twelfth Night‚ creates a plot that revolves around mistaken identity and deception. Mistaken identity‚ along with disguises‚ affects the lives of several of the characters. Shakespeare ’s techniques involve mistaken identity to bring comedy‚ mystery‚ and complication to the play. Some characters in

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    “Nothing that is so is so‚” states the fool Feste while looking at Viola’s twin brother Sebastian‚ a double for Cesario (IV.i.9). This singular quotes embodies the idea that gender identity is fictional in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare‚ and that homoerotic desires are natural to the human body and mentality. Throughout this play‚ many characters are introduced to having homoerotic desires: Orsino for Viola dressed as Cesario‚ Sebastian for Antonio‚ and Olivia for Viola dressed as Cesario.

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    Shakespeare wrote “Twelfth Night” around the middle of his career‚ probably in the year 1601. It was first published in the first Folio in 1623‚ where it is placed next to the last of the comedies. Most critics consider

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    connect fabricated characters to genuine people. While the character’s emotions depicted throughout a performance attain an audience’s response‚ the musical score written during the process of a play receives a greater acknowledgment. Viewing Twelfth Night from a analytical musical perspective‚ Shakespeare underscores how the expression of various genres of music reveals the inner feelings of characters and foreshadows the progress of the characters. William Shakespeare organized his style of

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    Twelfth Night Love Essay

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    The Reasons of Love in Twelfth Night William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a well-known romantic comedy in which many characters fall in love due to their own personal reasons. Viola shows that true love should be caused by genuine reasons‚ but Orsino and Malvolio demonstrate that people can pursue others for their own selfish purposes. However‚ these three characters all reveal that the reasons that make them fall in love are based on their own personalities. Orsino is depicted as a fickle character

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    his love for Cesario. When the truth was revealed‚ the labels were switched; although‚ Lady Olivia had already moved on to Sebastian. Charles further proves the different sexualities by stating‚ “The representation of homoerotic attraction in Twelfth Night functions rather as a means of dramatizing the socially constructed basis of a sexuality that is determined by gender identity” (122). Neither Orisno‚ nor Lady Olivia knew the truth until the end so their feelings can only be fit into a category

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