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    The Importance of Humour Summary: Discusses the importance of humour and explores many different uses for humour. Describes how humour can be used negatively. Humour is the tendency to look at things from the mirthful or incongruous side. It is the quality that makes something laughable or amusing. Humour is the ability to perceive‚ enjoy‚ or express what is amusing or comical. It is the source of laughter and the catalyst of smiles. Humour is the spark that lights our eyes as well as the cause

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    The Portrayal of Women in Twelfth Night The women in Shakespear’s play: Twelfth Night‚ are all depicted as having power‚ comedic and being very emotional. All of the female characters are given power‚ whether it be over each other‚ men or their servants. The woman with the power over the greatest number of people is Olivia‚ she has numerous servants and doesn’t hesitate to give them orders‚ which can be seen in (1.5.287) when she orders Malvolio to "run after that peevish messenger" and in

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    the Shakespearean comedy that makes it distinctive than Shakespeare’s tragedies and histories. On of the features is the comedy through the language. 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

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    Trevor Nunn’s adaptation of "Twelfth Night" is a masterpiece of insight and nuance. Instead of simply playing this gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity‚ the director highlights the dark undertones of the plot which show surprising depth. There are some alterations from the original text‚ but those who are less familiar with Shakespeare among the audience can appreciate the story being more easy to follow. For example‚ when Duke Orsino utters the famous opening line of the play‚ "If music be

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    The play‚ Twelfth Night‚ by William Shakespeare is a comedy that revolves around a young woman‚ Viola‚ who experiences first hand the complexity of love when she gets caught between a love triangle between Duke Orsino of Illyria‚ the Countess Olivia‚ and Viola herself. Whether due to outside or internal forces‚ love does not come by easily. Sometimes family matters‚ status of sorts‚ or societal views are the external forces that cause conflict in a relationship. On the other hand‚ internal conflict

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    Twelfth Night Essay Twelfth Night is a comedy and a marvel. This play conveys many messages that are seen by the audience‚ but not seen by the characters in the play. There are many points involving love‚ friendship‚ conflicts and confusion. Twelfth Night displays characters that are mad‚ in love‚ and desperate for love. Twelfth Night has many conflicts that occur because characters fail to listen to messages. Viola is a character who has just thought that her brother has died in a shipwreck that

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    The Identity of Gender Twelfth Night or What You Will by William Shakespeare is a story of journeys. Characters go through journeys both physically and emotionally. Sebastian journeys months out at sea to Illyria. Sir Toby starts as a drunkard and becomes more responsible. The journey I want to focus on is Viola’s or more accurately Cesario’s. In Viola’s first scene we see her stranded in a foreign country where she knows no one. The scene focuses around her figuring out what she will do now‚

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    their love‚ things turn sour. In the Elizabethan romantic comedy Twelfth Night‚ William Shakespeare uses the motif of love as a catalyst for madness to show how love can take even the most level headed and prudish person and put them into a lunacy driven haze for requite‚ which‚ if not found‚ often leads to bitterness. No man can escape the thorny tendrils of love. Malvolio seems very unsentimental at the beginning of Twelfth Night‚ described by Maria as “a kind of puritan” (II. iii. 139). Often

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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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    Personal Response (Twelfth Night) O time‚ thou must untangle this‚ not I!/It is too hard a knot for me to untie! (2.2.39-40) The book Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare contains some interesting quotations that may seem unreasonable in this present era‚ but was totally normal when this book was written. In that time period people use to leave certain things to fate‚ such as William Shakespeare. This is an ideal demonstration of his belief in fate. Viola’s realization of Lady Olivia

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