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    During the “willow cabin” passage in Twelfth Night‚ hyperbole and polysyndeton are used to exaggerate the tone of Viola’s irritation and desperation. The entire speech is an amplification of how Viola feels and what she would really do in this kind of situation. The speech speaks highly of the love that Viola has for Orsino and the extent of what she would do to get it. Not only is she desperate for his love‚ but he is gunning after Oliva‚ someone who will never want him back. Viola tells Olivia

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    on genuine love‚ love of love‚ and false love. All there‚ becoming more and more evident throughout the play. Although a strange play; with cross-dressers‚ homoerotic attractions‚ and strange ambitions‚ his message became clear. Although “The Twelfth Night” creates an atmosphere of confusion and ambiguity

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    The sub-plot of Twelfth Night‚ the gulling of Malvolio by Sir Toby Belch‚ Maria‚ Feste‚ and Aguecheek‚ is justly famous as one of Shakespeare’s funniest experiments in New Comedy‚ that is‚ in a style of comedy which is basically quite different from the pastoral romantic style of the main plot. The basis for the sub-plot is one of the oldest and most popular subjects for New Comedy - the unmasking of the hypocrite‚ a satiric exposure of apparent virtue so as to humiliate the hypocrite and make him

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    It is not the same with the Squire‚ who seems to like fighting for a quite different reason. The Squire views it as a courtly accomplishment and does it “In hope to win thereby his lady’s grace.” He expresses the “love of the world” side of chivalry‚ unlike his father who fights for abstract ideals or “the love of God”. The Squire is depicted as someone who wears a shirt embroidered with “fresh-cut flowers red and white”. He is presented as “A lover and a lively bachelor‚ with locks well curled”

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    Twelfth Night: Lies and Deceit English 11-4 A woman disguised as a man‚ and a drunken idiot are a few of The Twelfth Night who provide much evidence of deceit and how easily it can overtake us. Viola‚ left alone without any remaining family after her brother dies in a shipwreck‚ is determined to hide her true identity in a foreign land until she is prepared to face reality once again‚ her deception in the Twelfth Night leads the plot while other characters such as Sir Toby

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    Shakespeare lived. Though he married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18‚ he was rumored to have had extramarital affairs with numerous men while in London (“Shakespeare’s Sexuality”). Gay men are present in many of Shakespeare’s plays‚ most prominently Twelfth Night. A sailor named Antonio falls in love with a man of noble birth named Sebastian‚ whom Antonio rescued from a shipwreck. However‚ Antonio’s love only brings him grief‚ as the straight Sebastian views Antonio’s homosexual advances merely as gestures

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    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 this play turn to disguise in order to

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    and think love is easy‚ but again love proves them wrong‚ which hurts them in the process. In William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ Orsino demonstrates the theme of unrequited love may hurt‚ but there is someone who loves you even if you don’t see it. Even if someone is hurt‚ they may miss that someone else loves them. Love occurs often in Twelfth Night. Shakespeare uses Orsino to show the common occurrence of love. Orsino loves Olivia‚ but she blocks herself away from the world‚ which

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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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