appearance or statement. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night tells the story of a shipwreck survivor Viola‚ who disguises herself as her brother for a job on the Duke’s estate. Similarly‚ Some Like it Hot tells the story of two musicians Larry and Joe‚ who dress as women to join an all women’s jazz band‚ in order to escape their neighborhood mob. The theme of deception through appearance can apply to Some Like it Hot‚ which is a natural descendant of Twelfth Night. Through the many forms of deception
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Shakespeare utilizes disguise as the primary source of theatrical appeal in his play Twelfth Night. It is particularly common in Comedy‚ for various reasons. With disguise‚ you get confusion‚ mistaken identities‚ and with these‚ you get laughter. On the Elizabethan stage‚ playwrights frequently included disguise‚ or deception‚ in their comedies‚ using it as a comedic device. In Twelfth Night‚ it is the characters abilities to utilize disguises to deceive one another or themselves. This is evident
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Even though Feste role is to be a licensed fool‚ his main role is to play the wise man in the play the Twelfth Night‚ which makes him a wise fool. Feste makes the personalities and secrets of the characters oblivious. People would assume that he is a fool because of his title‚ yet it made it oblivious to everyone that he is very wise and that he used this potential throughout the story. Furthermore‚ he sees traits in characters that the audience and the characters cannot see during the play. He
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Twelfth Night: Analysis of Major Characters Joe Boyce: Grade11 Viola Like most of Shakespeare’s heroines‚ Viola is a tremendously likable figure. She has no serious faults‚ and we can easily discount the peculiarity of her decision to dress as a man‚ since it sets the entire plot in motion. She is the character whose love seems the purest. The other characters’ passions are fickle: Orsino jumps from Olivia to Viola‚ Olivia jumps from
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Shakespeare’s wit in “Twelfth Night” gets lost in translation with “She’s The Man’s” broad slapstick‚ predictable jokes‚ youth-culture‚ stereotypes and unconvincing plotline. In a sense‚ it may seem the wit of Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night” is lost in translation but the movie “She’s The Man” is adapted to suit the youth of the present day and the wit is rather transformed into humour mostly used by people of the present day. Wit‚ meaning “The talent or quality of using unexpected associations
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When thinking of what true love really is it is known that people have many different perspectives on its meaning. Love can be viewed as the physical attraction that one has to another‚ the desire that one has to be in another’s company‚ or the longing to have someone to love and be loved by. Shakespeare writes about love on many occasions within several of his romantic‚ comical‚ and dramatic plays. He uses many of his male characters to redefine what it means to be in love with a female‚ and to
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BACKGROUND LECTURE ON TWELFTH NIGHT The following information is based upon my taped lecture on this play. Although this text version is not the same as the taped lecture‚ it does contain the same information. All references are based on the Signet paperback edition which you should consult in conjunction with this lecture. Twelfth Night was probably written in 1601 and first performed in January of 1602. We know this because the play is mentioned that year in the diary of a
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Twelfth Night is known for being one of the finest romantic comedies of all time. The play begins with love at first sight‚ which then gradually transitions into a love triangle. However‚ it is kept light with the addition of the subplot. The movie version of the play Twelfth Night is fairly relative to the written version of the play‚ yet it did have some minor differences. As the written version is written by William Shakespeare himself‚ it is most likely the most accurate version of the play‚
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Ignorance The play Twelfth Night encapsulates what it meant to be a man and women throughout the 16th century. The roles of each gender were set in stone‚ and one could not publicly cross over under any circumstances. During Shakespearean times women were not even allowed to portray themselves on stage‚ men played their roles instead. In my opinion Shakespeare uses the play to show the hypocrisy of the status quo that held people from expressing their true identity. Twelfth Night demonstrates that
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In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ Viola gives two different descriptions of women. The first is a soliloquy and takes place after Malvolio has given her Olivia’s ring‚ which is when Viola realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with Viola’s disguise‚ Cesario. Viola’s second description of women is to Orsino‚ when she tells a story about a “sister” of hers who once fell in love as a way of indirectly communicating her love for Orsino. Viola’s two descriptions serve as complements to each other.
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