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    Viola who is a shipwrecked lady who later disguises as Cesario arrives on shore along with a few sailors and the Captain of the shipwrecked boat. Viola asks where she is. The Captain tells her they are in Illyria. Viola is upset that she is in Illyria because her brother is in Elysium if he has not already drowned. The captain tries to ease her by explaining that he saw her brother tie himself to the mast of the boat. Because of the Captain’s information Viola gives him money. The

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    In Scene Four of the Second Act of Twelfth Night Orsino and Viola‚ dressed as Cesario‚ listen to music and have a conversation about love and more specifically about which kind of women Viola allegedly fancies. Furthermore‚ Orsino gives Viola advice on what sort of woman would suit her best. In this discussion‚ the relationship between love and time or more accurately‚ the changing nature of love in the passing of time seems to play a central role. This close relationship between love and time

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    Twelfth Night

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    thus‚ it is the interplay between contextual notions of assumed gender and how this parallels with biological sex. Twelfth Night challenges the notion that gender is merely being in the state of male or female through androgynous characters such as Viola. If one completely disregards what they previously thought about biological and assumed gender upon beginning the text‚ it can enrich the depth of their interaction with the play. The ambiguous language in Twelfth Night is subjective and not limited

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    Luke Anderson Willis H. Eng-10 Compare/Contrast 3-6-09 Effectiveness of The Viola Character The character Viola played by Imogen Stubbs in “Twelfth Night: Or What You Will” is similar and different to “She’s The Man’s” Amanda Bynes. Both of these females played as men during the movie. Each actor had her strengths and weaknesses throughout their movies. Bynes and Stubbs effectively portrayed a man through the Viola/Cesario character. Each actor changed their appearance in order to fool the other

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    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 a girl playing a boy who works for the duke; but since the duke is madly in love with a lady named Olivia he isn’t able to see that Viola loves him. Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night to express how easily we fall under love’s spell; however‚ in the end we are always left with pain.

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    What Is Viola's Goal?

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    When Viola first finds out that the girls’ soccer team got cut‚ she immediately turns to another solution‚ which was to try out for the boy’s soccer team. Viola’s undefined determination to reach her goal makes this movie a classic inspirational comedian movie worth watching. This five star movie rating could not have been reached without the coordinations and talented works of director Andy Fickman in his 2006 “She is a Man” production. The movie meets it’s goal of inspiring others to be helpful

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    differentiates through mood‚ symbolism and imagery. Situation 1: Reason and mood to become “man” 1. The reason as to why Viola becomes a “man” is due to the fact that during that period of time‚ money was an issue for woman as they did not receive as well jobs. She becomes a man so that she can make a living in a beautiful place such as the kingdom of Illyria. 2. Viola becomes a “man” not because of financial issues or employment issues‚ but because of her passion for the sport of soccer which

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    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‚ Olivia ‚ who as she is in mourning for the death of her brother‚ repels his advances. When Cesario (Viola) undertakes Orsino’s bidding and gains admittance

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    with. The subject of self-knowledge is presented as a theme throughout the comedic play as it adds to the image of love being folly. Orsino and Malvolio are examples of comedic characters within the play which display a lack of self-knowledge whereas Viola and Feste are characters which oppose this view. The play begins with Orsino displaying his ever changing mind-set which becomes more obvious and frequent throughout the play. Orsino’s first line is “if music be the food of love‚ play on;” this being

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    men with the same equal treatment. Its obvious men have an easier life and they get what they want easily. Many scenes challenged traditional views of gender roles in society. Traditional views are appointed based entirely on gender and not ability. Viola soon learns how to act like both a boy and a girl in order to get where she wants to be. This movie really shows how women are treated as inferior to men‚ the sports world is just one example. Throughout the movie

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