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    Shakespeare once said “Love looks not with eyes‚ but with the mind‚ and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” William Shakespeare not only makes us realize the true meaning of love‚ but also how love itself is characterized. In the play Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare demonstrates three main types of love: True love‚ courtly love and profitable love. For instance‚ Viola’s hidden love for Duke Orsino is incomparable to Duke’s self-indulgence and love for Olivia or to Sir Toby’s “friendship” with

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    the heroines in Shakespeare’s comedies. In both Twelfth Night and As You Like It the action revolves around strong female characters. Both Viola and Rosalind show immense strength‚ courage and power highly uncharacteristic of women in Elizabethan literature. In addition to their strength‚ the women also retain traditional feminine characteristics. Despite their many similar traits‚ many differences can also be found in the characterization of Viola and Rosalind. In the exposition of As You Like

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    Reading through the play twelfth night‚ I noticed that it is filled with metaphors‚ funny insults‚ and clever word play. The name of the play is a metaphor itself. Twelfth night is a holiday in which things are said to be turned upside down‚ like the events of the play. “If the music be food of love‚ play on‚” is the very fist line of the play. This line is a very good example of Shakespeare comedy use through language. The line refers to music as an important metaphor for love.  Another important feature

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    Shakespeare’s original play‚ Twelfth Night‚ is a humorous romance story‚ similar to Andy Fickman’s She’s the Man. The two go hand in hand‚ but the execution is varied. The roles of individuals were changed and there is about a five hundred year gap between the two‚ resulting in minor differentials. The two interpretations of the story represent the same thoughts yet are separate successful productions. There are roughly ten characters in the play Twelfth Night that have significance to the plot

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    adaptation of "Twelfth Night" is a masterpiece of insight and nuance. Instead of simply playing this gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity‚ the director highlights the dark undertones of the plot which show surprising depth. There are some alterations from the original text‚ but those who are less familiar with Shakespeare among the audience can appreciate the story being more easy to follow. For example‚ when Duke Orsino utters the famous opening line of the play‚ "If music be the food of love‚ play

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    It is evident in the plays Twelfth Night and Midsummer Night’s Dream that Viola and Hermia have less control over their own lives because they are female. First‚ women cannot work certain jobs‚ even if they are qualified. Specifically‚ Viola is unable to work for Duke Orsino until she alters her appearance. After being shipwrecked‚ Viola talks to the captain and learns of Orsino and his love for Olivia. Then Viola decides to serve the duke and asks the captain to comply: Conceal me what I am‚ and

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    Twelfth Night Comedy in Other Writings While Great Expectations and Gulliver’s Travels were not written as comedy‚ humor is seen in them. The comedy in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night can be related to the comedy in those writings‚ although Shakespeare used a variety of comedic techniques‚ not used in either Great Expectations or Gulliver’s Travels. The comedy in Twelfth Night varies greatly from the comedy in Great Expectations and Gulliver’s Travels at times. Irony is a common comedic element seen

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    To what extent are parallel images the key convention used for comedic effect in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? In Twelfth Night the fundamental plot line of Viola arriving in Illyria‚ as a result of the shipwreck‚ and is the catalyst of some of the main comic events within the play. This is achieved through the visual‚ parallel image of Viola dressed up as her twin brother Sebastian. Her disguise creates hilarious moments of farce such as patterns of ludicrous suits for marriage and a comedic slapstick

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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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    & Symbols Themes Love as a Cause of Suffering Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy‚ and romantic love is the play’s main focus. Despite the fact that the play offers a happy ending‚ in which the various lovers find one another and achieve wedded bliss‚ Shakespeare shows that love can cause pain. Many of the characters seem to view love as a kind of curse‚ a feeling that attacks its victims suddenly and disruptively. Various characters claim to suffer painfully from being in love‚ or‚ rather‚ from

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