Love is arguably one of the most powerful emotions. It can change someone’s life for better or for worse. In the 17th century play Twelfth Night by Shakespeare‚ all aspects of the character Olivia’s life are either directly or indirectly dominated by love to show how the intimacy of passion can enrapture and consume someone; lead them to madness or merriment. There is a fine line between love and madness. Shakespeare emphasizes this in Twelfth Night when talking about all the men who love Oliva.
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Twelfth Night Comparison Essay Twelfth Night is written by William Shakespeare. The play has been transformed into multiple movie versions including a BBC version‚ Hollywood version and a modern version called She’s The Man. The BBC movie was directed by John Gorrie‚ Hollywood version was directed by Trevor Nunn and She’s The Man was directed by Andy Fickman. Media techniques‚ characters‚ and plot are compared throughout the numerous versions of Twelfth Night show that She’s The Man is the best
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characters throughout Twelfth Night presents a theme with a lot of confusion but also great comedic implications. Mistaken identity is shown when twins Viola and Sebastian are misidentified for one another‚ enhancing the comic confusion amongst the characters. This is more apparent in Act 5 Scene 1; however Shakespeare contributes to this comedy through disguise to develop a sense of dramatic irony in a homoerotic subtext where Olivia falls in love with a woman‚ Viola falls in love with Orsino while
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Jasmin Clark Block 4 Twelfth Night Reflective Paper Working on projects with a group of peers and with limited assistance from the teacher has many benefits. Firstly‚ all the groups have complete control of their project. The group is able to choose their own path and make decisions for the how to end product will be according to what they want. This differs from usual projects‚ because the teacher will usually set standards and expectations for the final submission. However‚ in independent study
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night explores the idea of sexuality being fluid through cross-dressing and mistaken identities. There is a specific love triangle that really explores ideas that went against the societal norms of Shakespeare’s time. The love triangle occurs between Oliva‚ a noblewoman‚ Duke Orsino‚ and Viola‚ who is also disguised as a man named Cesario. Viola is in disguise as a man to work for Duke Orsino. The play progresses and Viola begins to fall for Orsino. However Orsino is in love with Olivia
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Reading through the play twelfth night‚ I noticed that it is filled with metaphors‚ funny insults‚ and clever word play. The name of the play is a metaphor itself. Twelfth night is a holiday in which things are said to be turned upside down‚ like the events of the play. “If the music be food of love‚ play on‚” is the very fist line of the play. This line is a very good example of Shakespeare comedy use through language. The line refers to music as an important metaphor for love. Another important feature
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& Symbols Themes Love as a Cause of Suffering Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy‚ and romantic love is the play’s main focus. Despite the fact that the play offers a happy ending‚ in which the various lovers find one another and achieve wedded bliss‚ Shakespeare shows that love can cause pain. Many of the characters seem to view love as a kind of curse‚ a feeling that attacks its victims suddenly and disruptively. Various characters claim to suffer painfully from being in love‚ or‚ rather‚ from
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or reveals a secret affects the plot and adds to the main theme of the work. Viola‚ a character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ must keep the secret of her true identity. The play uses secrecy as an important element of the plot by creating irony‚ situational comedy‚ and tension‚ as well as affecting the plot and contributing to the overall meaning of the play. The plot of Twelfth Night is affect by the secret that Viola keeps and reveals. Viola is a lady of Messaline who has been shipwrecked on
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Brie Adelstein Honors English Mr. McNulty 2 November 2016 Feminism in Twelfth Night Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night drastically changed the way people viewed men and women in the Elizabethan age. For decades‚ women have been perceived as “emotional (irrational)‚ weak‚ nurturing‚ and submissive” while men have been viewed as “rational‚ strong‚ protective‚ and decisive” (Feminist 84). In contrast‚ Viola‚ Lady Olivia‚ and Maria are powerful characters in the play who challenge the era’s scientific
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Michael Nodurft English 208 Mrs. Walter Twelfth Night‚ 3.1.1-26 Jan. 30 2007 True Lies Reading this conversation between Viola and Feste the clown there is definite multiple meanings to each of the words that they both say. You can tell that Viola’s wit is matched to Feste’s which makes this conversation so cleverly written. This passage offers pun’s to the audience who understand that Cesario is truly Viola. And have Feste hinting that he knows Viola’s hidden identity. This passage offers
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