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    The Contrast between She’s the Man and Twelfth Night (the Play) Outline Introduction: Introduce “Twelfth Night” the play written by William Shakespeare Relate “Twelfth Night” to “She’s the Man” Elaborate on “She’s the Man” Recognize the differences and similarities between both and which are more important. Body Paragraph 1# Elaborate on “She’s the Man” and “Twelfth Night”‚ and emphasize on the mood‚ symbolism and imagery portrayed in the different situations and how they are similar:

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    Role of Marriage in the Role Reversal of Twelfth Night Wouldn’t it be great to somehow wake up one morning in a beautiful house? How about owning an expensive new car? It is safe to say that practically everyone in the world is hoping that someday somehow they will become very successful and rise into a status of power and respect. This concept can be applied to the characters in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Just as Jesse Goldberg stated‚ Twelfth Night focuses on the desires of characters and

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    that is so is so.” To what extent do you agree with this in relation to Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night”? In Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’‚ the main theme of disguise and façade is used to create comedy as the characters ‘conceal’ themselves. This adds to the confusion and consequently the characters‚ and at times the audience‚ are doubtful of what is real. Shakespeare makes it clear that ‘Twelfth Night’ is up for interpretation through the use of his double title ‘what you will’; he introduces

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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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    Twelfth Night – Exploring the names of the Characters I am going to explore the two names of: * Olivia * Feste Olivia When I first saw the name ‘Olivia’‚ I automatically thought of anagrams. Olivia is almost a perfect anagram of ‘Viola’! Although Olivia and Viola possess a number of qualities which are not just different‚ but in complete opposition with one another other‚ they do in fact have a great deal in common. The names Shakespeare has given the two characters is perhaps a reflection

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    Twelfth night was written by William Shakespeare in 1601 it was one of the last comedies he wrote. Twelfth Night is seen by many people as a traditional romantic comedy. It includes devices of gender confusion‚ mistaken identity and speaks about the madness of love. Looking throughout William Shakespeare’s plays similarities can be brought up and seen between A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night both include confusion‚ mistaken love for another and a romantic comedy setting. Orsino

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    How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand

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    Explore how the play Twelfth Night portrays the theme of emotions and compare to at least two poems from the literary heritage. Twelfth Night‚ a play written by William Shakespeare‚ is a comedy which presents the theme of emotions in a respective approach. The emotions portrayed vary from different kinds including love‚ lust‚ hatred and jealousy. Twelfth Night can easily be compared to poems from the literary heritage. Sister Maude and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven are two perfect examples

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    William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night features many love relationships. These relationships can be difficult to follow. At the beginning of the play‚ Olivia the beautiful heiress‚ has sworn off men for seven years because of the recent deaths of her brother and father. However‚ when a new attractive male‚ Cesario comes to Illyria Olivia quickly shifts her thoughts on men. Desperate to find a man to tell her what to do‚ Olivia quickly falls into infatuation. This infatuation is evident because

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    Paradoxes within Shakespeare’s ironic drama Twelfth Night In Shakespeare’s uniquely constructed comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ there are several paradoxes within the characters. Misinterpretations as well as false presentation of reality are both common occurrences within the characters. Nearly the entire cast of characters use or fall victim to some form of deceit. Both Andrew and Viola present themselves as people they are not‚ and Orsino and Malvolio are fooled themselves about who they are and where

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