BACKGROUND LECTURE ON TWELFTH NIGHT The following information is based upon my taped lecture on this play. Although this text version is not the same as the taped lecture‚ it does contain the same information. All references are based on the Signet paperback edition which you should consult in conjunction with this lecture. Twelfth Night was probably written in 1601 and first performed in January of 1602. We know this because the play is mentioned that year in the diary of a
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“The play ‘Twelfth Night’ delights in chaos and confusion” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The plotline in many of Shakespeare’s comedies are often considered complicated and confusing. The plots of these plays usually follow a general structure where a comedy contains five acts and where the climax of the play is found in the third. This is where where a big event in the play is carried out to mark this event. This confusion is usually resolved in the last act‚ followed by the
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people the size of his finger. In Twelfth Night irony is also used. For example‚ Olivia fell in love with the woman‚ viola‚ dressed as a man‚ Cesario‚ who was to woo Olivia‚ for the duke. It is an unexpected‚ contradicting turn‚ mostly because of the couple’s gender‚ but also because of the going-ons during which it happened. In the following Viola finds out of Olivia’s love: "Viola: I left no ring with her. What means this lady? Fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her! She made good view
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The only 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
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examples that both differ and correspond to Shakespeare’s phenomenon. Sebastian‚ Viola’s twin brother in Twelfth Night‚ loves his sister very dearly. They are an inseparable pair of siblings until a shipwreck destroys the statement. Sebastian and Viola
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so smoothly. Mozart uses non-harmonic tones in the first violin‚ second violin‚ viola‚ and cello parts. In measure three‚ the violin has a neighboring tone and an appoggiatura. The violin also has escape tones throughout the piece. 4-3 and 6-5 suspensions occur in measures 4 and 24 in the first violin and viola parts. Throughout the movement‚ there are passing tones and neighboring tones in the second violin‚ viola‚ and cello parts. There are also many 6/4 chords‚ including passing 6/4 chords in
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The idea of deception resonates from the definition of deceiving; to mislead by a false appearance or statement. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night tells the story of a shipwreck survivor Viola‚ who disguises herself as her brother for a job on the Duke’s estate. Similarly‚ Some Like it Hot tells the story of two musicians Larry and Joe‚ who dress as women to join an all women’s jazz band‚ in order to escape their neighborhood mob. The theme of deception through appearance can apply to Some Like it Hot
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just the organ playing then the alto flute joined in. After that the viola joined in. I thought this was done smoothly. They blended in perfectly with each other. The music sounded really peaceful because of this blend. The alto flute solo was a nice addition. It allowed for the flute to stand out amongst the other instruments. It didn’t sound like it was done abruptly for no reason but for a purpose. The viola player tapping the viola with the bow to make a sound like blink blink blink was creative
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register. Their response releases tension from the strings since they are playing in a more comfortable register than the cellos were. In measures 90-96‚ The woodwinds play a four quarter note motive in octaves that is imitated by the horns and violas‚ although horns are much more dominant. This leads to a cadence that does not resolve all the tension of the previous passages. In measures
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name of Viola. She has no noise‚ she’s completely silent. “There’s a hole in the noise. Which can’t be. its WEIRD‚ it is‚ out there‚ hiding somewhere‚ in the trees‚ or somewhere outta sight‚ a spot where yer ears and yer mind are telling you there’s no noise.” {Todd half discovers Viola} Todd realizes he shouldn’t have meet Viola‚ and the town of Prentisstown‚ is angry. Throughout the book‚ Viola and Todd are being chased. By Prentisstown‚ an ARMY. In this story‚ its up to Todd to save Viola‚ himself
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