that women in the future would be the ones to do the things a man would normally do. Mina Harker thinks like a feminist‚ and she wants to change the typical ways of gender roles in society. In Twelfth Night‚ Viola has the characteristics that make her the more obvious leader than Olivia. Viola was in a shipwreck and ended up being saved and she landed in
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possess qualities that do not necessarily belong to their gender. However‚ with a character like Desdemona in Othello‚ we can see that Shakespeare could also write characters who fall victim to the gender roles of society. Also‚ with a character like Viola in Twelfth Night‚ we can see a character who becomes stuck in the middle of following the gender norms and making their own choices in life. By looking at these three unique characters‚ we must wonder what Shakespeare was trying to say about the
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It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. Many critics have lambasted the female characters in his plays as two-dimensional and unrealistic portrayals of subservient women. Others have asserted that the roles of women in his plays were prominent for the time and culture that he lived in. That such contrasting views could be held in regards to the same topic is academic. It is only with close examination of his works that we are able to suppose his intent in creating characters
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brother and refuses to get involved with any man during this time. Meanwhile‚ Viola washes up on the Illyrian shore after her ship sinks and believes that her brother Sebastian has drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young boy (Cesario) in order to become one of Duke Orsino’s servants. Cesario quickly becomes Ordino’s favorite servant and is sent to Olivia’s house in order to put in a good work for Orsino. During this time Viola disguised as Cesario realizes that she herself is in love with Orsino and
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deception in the play would be when the character Viola decides to adopt the disguise of a man‚ Cesario‚ to be the servant of Duke Orsino. This has serious consequences for herself and the others around her. Why does Viola disguise herself as a man? The easy answer is that Shakespeare always uses people in disguise to complicate his plots (Peck and Coyle-93). This play was written during the Elizabethan period‚ where woman had more subservient roles. Viola explains that although her primary intention
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In the play Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare illustrates the theme of love with very decisive detail. Love is defined as a “profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another.” Throughout this play Shakespeare examines three different themes of love‚ such as self-love‚ true love and love in the form of friendship. Twelfth Night consists of many different love triangles throughout the play‚ however many of the characters that are tangled up in this very sticky mess of love are too blind to see that
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a lot of teens love to watch. I myself enjoyed the idea of love triangle and this further contributed to why I chose this play. This play also contains the idea of gender roles in the 16th century. I found it intriguing how Shakespeare represented Viola as a man when in those days‚ women were considered inferior to men. These ideas are definitely the contributors to why I chose this film. 2. Why did you decide to change the setting of the story to a modern context? FICKMAN: I decided to change the
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Shakespeare times as the fundamental purpose of plays was to become the main entertainment for Elizabethans. Situated centre stage was a trap door which was used to save Viola from the storm. Beliefs involved with the Globe Theatre was that the ceiling represented the heavens; the underneath being Hell. This idea was used by the director when Viola is being rescued from death by rising from the underneath (death and hell) to above‚ on stage‚ where she comes back to life. This aspect of staging is repeated
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Chapter 8 Noli Me Tangere Published in Berlin (1887) * The bleak winter of 1886 was memorable in the life of Rizal for two reasons: 1. It was a painful episode for he was hungry‚ sick‚ and despondent in strange city and; 2. It brought him great joy‚ after enduring so much suffering‚ because his first novel Noli Me Tangere came off the press in March‚ 1887. Idea of Writing a Novel on the Philippines * His reading of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ w/c portrays the brutalities
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actually a woman. Viola‚ disguised as Cesario‚ makes many comments to him that could possibly lead him to finding out her secret. For example‚ when Orsino asks what kind of woman Cesario loves‚ she replies "Of your complexion" (2.4.27). Orsino does not catch this‚ but describes that one should love a woman younger than himself. "For women are roses‚ whose fair flower Being once displayed‚ doth fall that very hour" (2.4.40-41). This is most likely a positive point for Viola‚ being that she is
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