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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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    The movie She’s the Man is based on the Shakespeare Twelfth Night because in the movie it goes to show how the idea of gender stereotypes is still influenced in today’s society and what the mainstream perceptions are about gender roles to show how the idea of gender equality transcends to the twelfth century. In the movie and twelfth Night the theme of disguise is very important because Olivia in the movie was very passionate about soccer to the fact that she was willing to disguises herself as her

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    The Importance of Carnivalesque in Twelfth Night The theory of Carnivalesque was presented by a Russia critic Mikhail Bakhtin‚ his theory proposed that the nature of Carnivalesque liberates the assumptions of the higher class through humour and chaos‚ in other words the nature of Carnivalesque mocks the behaviour of those higher in authority and presents them as an everyday fool whereas in reality they are regarded as far more intelligent than others and they rarely possess a foolish thought‚

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    Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Summary of the plot or story Shakespeare loved to use the device of mistaken identity‚ and nowhere does he use this convention more skilfully than in Twelfth Night. Viola‚ surviving a shipwreck‚ walks ashore at Illyria‚ and immediately embarks on a gambit to allow her to make her way in a world of men. Dressed as a man‚ Viola‚ now Cesario‚ insinuates herself into the service of the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino. Orsino longs for the love of a neighbouring countess‚

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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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    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 writing through a

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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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    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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    In the play Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare illustrates the theme of love with very decisive detail. Love is defined as a “profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another.” Throughout this play Shakespeare examines three different themes of love‚ such as self-love‚ true love and love in the form of friendship. Twelfth Night consists of many different love triangles throughout the play‚ however many of the characters that are tangled up in this very sticky mess of love are too blind to see that

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    religious group that believed that things such as theatres should be shut down and were generally strict and quite boring. Consequently Malvolio has some undesirable traits‚ which lead to him being portrayed as a villain throughout the tale of Twelfth Night. Despite this Malvolio does have some positive characteristics. These are centred around his job and his employer‚ Lady Olivia. For example he is moral as he says‚ “My Lady‚ you would not give leave for such uncivil rule.” This quote is proof

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