failed miserably and made a horrible movie. She’s the Man is about Viola Hastings‚ a girl whose passion is Soccer. She then finds out that the Girl’s Soccer Program gets cancelled at her school. She then tries out for the guy’s team‚ but they tell her that girls aren’t good enough. So when Viola finds out that her fraternal twin brother‚ Sebastian is sneaking off to London for a music tour‚ instead of going to Illyria School‚ Viola decides that she can take his place‚ and pretend to be him‚ to be
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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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security‚ clothing options and careers can be decided solely by one’s gender. First of all‚ the young and beautiful Viola arrives on the island of Illyria by chance after a shipwreck where she believes her brother Sebastian has been killed. Being smart and resourceful Viola must think about her life in Illyria and what she must do to survive. She decides to adopt the persona of a man. Viola says to the captain “I’ll serve the duke: Thou shall present me as an eunuch to him” (I. II. 55-57). She asks the
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Elizabethan era. Since this is a so‚ values like male dominance are evident in the film since it was evident during that era. During that time women could not act in plays only men. Men would also play the roles of women. In the film a women named Viola dressed up like a man so she could act. When people in the film found out that she was in fact a female a man named Tilney stated‚ “That woman is a woman!” The use of the exclamation mark illustrates male dominance since it was against the law for
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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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The Principle of Recompense in "Twelfth Night" Author(s): Camille Slights Reviewed work(s): Source: The Modern Language Review‚ Vol. 77‚ No. 3 (Jul.‚ 1982)‚ pp. 537-546 Published by: Modern Humanities Research Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3728062 . Accessed: 07/04/2012 13:43 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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"She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d‚ and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello‚ I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello‚" is pervaded by a dominant theme‚ one of love. Othello‚ the Moor of Venice falls madly in love with a woman named Desdemona. They marry and are very happy together. Othello and Desdemona face many trials during the course of their nine-month marriage. The most notable one occurs when Barbanzio‚ Desdemona’s father accuses Othello
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border around each phrase. The second violin and the viola played most of the eighth notes. This structure created the flow‚ but the cello and the first violin created the mood of seriousness‚ which brought a feeling of suspense. The structure of this piece allows the listener to understand as well as visual of the fairytale of the Ghost
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Throughout the beginning scenes of Twelfth Night Shakespeare uses dramatic comedy as a main way to create humour to the audience. The shock factor creates a comical atmosphere to the beginning of the play‚ and the form in which Shakespeare introduces the character’s expresses effectively each character’s over exaggerated personality creating dramatic comedy. As twelfth night is a comedy but is all about mistaken identity and love Shakespeare had to reveal the comedy in discreet ways to make the humour
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Olivia and Viola/Cesario come into the scene‚ and Olivia laments how her pursuit for Cesario is not succeeding‚ but continues to try in the same breath. She does not make any progress despite securing another visit the next day‚ and says dramatically‚ “A fiend like thee might bear my soul to hell” (3.4.195) Fabian and Toby get there chance to deliver Andrew’s challenge. Andrew’s letter would not have scared Cesario/Viola as much as Toby and Fabian’s description of Andrew does. Fabian tells Viola/Cesario
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