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    Muneeb-Ahmad July 10‚ 2015 ENG2D1-A Mrs. Bhullar Deception In Twelfth Night “Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception‚ it becomes magic”- Marco Tempest. There are many themes in the book Twelfth night‚ by William Shakespeare. However‚ deception is one of the most prominent themes throughout the novel. In this book the deceptive appearance and language allowed the character in the play to make their way to

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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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    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‚ in She’s The Man. Some hints are given in both that it’s a girl who playing

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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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    Character study: Malovlio: Did he deserve the punishment that he received? The character Malvolio (meaning literally "I mean ill will) is immediately affected by the implications of his name. His personage is implied directly to be one of negative and somewhat disagreeable nature‚ which is continued and supported throughout the play‚ leading to his downfall and mockery which both initially seem to be thoroughly deserved‚ due to his numerous defects of personality. The first evidence

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    How is love misunderstood in Twelfth Night? Love is misunderstood in the play because of the foolish self-love‚ and infatuation that some of the characters portray in the play. When the foolish love triangle prevails that starts from Olivia‚ the foolishness brings a twisted comedy to the audience. It is easy to laugh at the foolish love and how love loses its meaning. Throughout the play the characters take love to the max‚ or have not truly felt or understand the meaning of love. The first misunderstanding

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    These are 5 accounts of how Olivia was held‚ and ended up on floor. Which to believe? We have 3 from school staff which use terms: held behind her back‚ restrained‚ remove from situation‚ relocate‚ escort‚ etc. all prim‚ proper and by the book. And then 2 are from students‚ who use the terms put in a headlock‚ and holding in a full nelson (it is considered that restraint’s such as these are very dangerous because of possible spinal cord injuries). We tend to believe the students accounts more so

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    The long wait is finally over! Last week‚ the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino‚ and the lovely Countess Olivia had met right outside of the madame’s house. Yet‚ the meeting didn’t meet our expectations‚ as the grieving Olivia had rejected Orsino once again. Whether the fault is on the unfaithful worker‚ Cesario‚ we don’t know! Orsino had fallen in love with the noblewoman Olivia‚ and his passion increased every time his messenger informed him that she had‚ once again‚ refused his confessions. Olivia has

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    known plays. He is famous because of his creativty and giftedness with writing plays as well as his acting abilities . Althought his play " twelfth night " is a romantic comedy while " Romeo & Juliet " is romatic tragedy ‚ they both show that love can cause pain ; Many of the characters claim to suffer painfully from beying in love .. In the " twelfth night " we have more than one love story ‚ Olivia describes love as a plague from which she suffers terribly ; Viola also seems unhappy " My state

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    The nature of gender consists of both physical and psychological elements that have come together to help shape human history and culture. Society has come to associate gender with specific cultural norms to adhere to. In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and As You Like It‚ the performance of gender is examined by the characters who frequently change their identity in order to explore paths not available to females because of cultural restrictions. The change of clothes causes the characters to

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