breakthrough in instruments manufacturing‚ and this led to the invention of many new instruments‚ and this lead to new genres in music‚ that formed the musical atmosphere of that era. One of most amazing instruments of the renaissance was the viol or viola da gamba. In this paper I’m going to explain the origins of this instrument‚ and what influenced it‚ and the posture that was used for playing it‚ and how it continued to survive in modern days. The viol was a popular instrument during that era‚ and
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Twelfth Night is the merriest of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ it is also the saddest. The Christian associations of the title suggests the carpe diem theme which runs through the play. Epiphany‚ according to Christian mythology‚ is the time when the shepherds recognized the birth of Christ. The feast of epiphany is the last festival of the Christmas season‚ after which death takes over. This cycle of life is an extension of the ancient pagan fertility rituals. The mood is similar in Keats’s ‘To
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demonstration of his belief in fate. Viola’s realization of Lady Olivia has just fallen in love with her causes her to say these lines. This now fulfils a love triangle. The Duke loves Olivia‚ Olivia loves Cesario and Viola loves the Duke. This is the major problem Viola was referring to. I believe she had no
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“Shakespeare in Love” Director: John Madden Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps Joseph Fiennes as William Shakespeare Judy Dench as Queen Elizabeth I Geoffrey Rush as Philip Henslowe Ben Affleck as Ned Alleyn Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Fennyman Colin Firth as Lord Wessex Year: 1998 Summary: Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet‚ playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard
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feelings‚ is Viola from ‘Twelfth Night’ but in this instance‚ she is dressed as Cesario. When Orsino is talking to Cesario/Viola about love‚ Viola describes her lover as a woman older than her‚ as old as Orsino himself when in reality‚ she is describing Orsino. Orsino instantly dismisses this love as wrong by saying “Too old by heaven. Let the woman take an elder than herself. So wears she to him‚ so sways the level in her husband’s heart (2.4.28-30)”. In these lines‚ Orsino is telling Viola that a woman
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Disguise is the source of theatrical appeal in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Discuss the validity of this statement. Michael Pennington describes Twelfth Night as a typical Romantic Comedy with a sublime sense of inconcsequentiality amidst the lyrical nature that plagues its environment. Therefore it is none other than that of a romantic comedy‚ and by definition‚ seeks the usage of a most humourous yet vital factor that shapes the events that are to occur; Disguise. Disguise indeed gives rise
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In Twelfth Night there are many disguises five of which are found in Act One alone. These disguises are played by the characters of Orcino‚ Viola‚ Sir Toby‚ Olivia and Malvolio. Eash and every disguise functions on its own way in the plot development. the first disguise is that of Orsion’s. He is the wealthy Duke who has become love sick over Olivia. He says‚ ’If music be the food of love‚ play on.’ He is the supposingly most deep or poetic lover . Despite this strong love he seems to be more in
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Twelfth Night‚ or What You Will Art and Culture Quotes How we cite the quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Norton edition. VIOLA And what should I do in Illyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he is not drown’d: what think you‚ sailors? (1.2.2) | Twelfth Night is full of literary references‚ including allusions to Shakespeare’s own dramatic works. For example‚ the play’s shipwreck plot involving the separation of twins echoes the
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In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ we are presented with various characters and plots which supply the play with comedic elements. The comedy of Twelfth Night predominantly stems from the ‘foolish’ characters and the scenarios they are involved in. Traditionally a fool is defined as ‘a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person’‚ ‘a person who is duped or imposed on’‚ or ‘a jester or clown‚ especially one retained in a royal or noble household’. (1) In Twelfth Night it is clear that at
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Night with the whole concept of Orisino only being in love with the idea of love itself. As soon as he finds out that Viola is in love with him‚ he changes his love from Olivia to Viola. Also‚ Olivia changes her love from Cesario to Sebastian just as quickly and Sebastian just thinks it’s great to have a high class woman fall in love with him. The only true romantic in this play is Viola‚ who stays devoted to Orisino during the whole comedy. In Much Ado About Nothing‚ Benedick and Beatrice are both strongly
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