the Shakespearean comedy that makes it distinctive than Shakespeare’s tragedies and histories. On of the features is the comedy through the language. 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
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Feste may appear to be the average fool used for comic relief; however‚ looking into this further one can see he is a deep character with strong ideologies. William Shakespeare’s famous play Twelfth Night illustrates several different themes. One of the most important themes is human nature‚ which can be unveiled and interpreted by Feste. Feste expresses his understanding that we are what we do through wit and intelligence. Evidently‚ Feste believes that the past can only be patched and not completely
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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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reference to Twelfth Night during Shakespeare’s own lifetime is to a performance on February 2‚ 1602. A law student named John Manningham wrote in his diary about a feast he attended at the Middle Temple in London where he was a law student and where “we had a play called Twelfth Night; Or‚ What You Will." This was likely to have been an early performance since it is generally agreed that the play was probably written in 1601. In 1954 Sir Leslie Hotson’s book‚ The First Night of Twelfth Night‚ sought
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Twelfth Night Comparison Essay Twelfth Night is written by William Shakespeare. The play has been transformed into multiple movie versions including a BBC version‚ Hollywood version and a modern version called She’s The Man. The BBC movie was directed by John Gorrie‚ Hollywood version was directed by Trevor Nunn and She’s The Man was directed by Andy Fickman. Media techniques‚ characters‚ and plot are compared throughout the numerous versions of Twelfth Night show that She’s The Man is the best
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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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.Twelfth Night Section - Vocab Act | Word | Definition | I | Cloistress | A nun in religious seclusion or in a convent | I | Brine | Water with salt as in tears | II | Cozier | Shoemaker; cobbler | II | Inure | To make less sensitive: harden; to become advantageous | III | Feign | Pretend | III | Rave | To talk irrationally or incoherently; to praise | III | Incredulous | Incredulous |
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or the truth then it’s nonsense and the audience will see it”(Johnny Depp). In Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare shows that love is a blind journey that can cause pain. When you have found your love or are already in love‚ you become a walking zombie; the only thing you see is the good things about your partner and your relationship. When we tend to fall in love we often make the worst mistakes of our lifetime. In Twelfth Night Shakespeare is saying that love makes you not able to see the truth. Viola is
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William Shakespeare the theme of Illusion vs Reality is continually developed through the actions and experiences of the different characters. Reality is the “state of things that actually exist‚ as opposed to an idealistic idea of them” that is considered an Illusion. One character in the story‚ Iago‚ is the mastermind behind the creation of this illusion that Othello has been tricked to believe. Additionally‚ two other foil characters in the play seem to symbolize this theme‚ as Desdemona represents
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MalvolioIn the play‚ Twelfth Night‚ most of the characters seem to go through many changes‚ particularly to their personalities. However‚ the one character that does not go through any changes to their personality is Malvolio. He was a very strict‚ self-righteous servant of Olivia. It appears he changes almost completely into the opposite of himself‚ but these changes were engineered to garner what he thought would be more power for himself. At first glance it may look like there is a change in him
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