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    William Shakespeare’s multidimensional comedy Twelfth Night dismantles and obliterates socially constructed limitations regarding biological and assumed gender and identity‚ thus emphasising that nothing is certain‚ rather‚ a matter of perspective. The reader to an emphatic extent becomes an integral part of the way language forms and shapes the reality of the play. Therefore‚ language instructs initial perceptions and the foundational reality of the reader but not final perceptions and ultimate

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    destiny? The gender roles again are interesting in Twelfth Night because of the cross-dressing that occurs. Viola is a woman who dresses as Cesario‚ a man‚ yet Olivia is madly in love with her. What stands out in the Twelfth Night is how acceptable this love between Olivia and Viola (Cesario) is‚ yet Antonio’s homosexual love for Sebastian is socially unacceptable. Like in Marie de France‚ tokens are used as symbols of love in the Twelfth Night as well. Olivia sends Cesario (Viola) a ring when

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    Twelfth Night The Twelfth Night production was indeed very detailed with their props and characters. The floral scene background and beach funky music caught me by surprise because of the Shakesphere vibe the play was written in. I have observed that the play was a comedic play and it caught the audience’s attention with laughter and fun. As the first scene comes out‚ the characters that came on stage gave me a sure vibe that they knew whom they were portraying themselves as and their motives

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    Twelfth Night Essay While many will agree that Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is critically acclaimed to be one of the most entertaining and well-liked pieces that he has written‚ there tends to be a discrepancy over how the characters in the play are portrayed when it comes to the importance of gender roles. After reading James C Bulman’s article over the Globe’s more recent performance of Twelfth Night and Shakespeare’s original written version‚ I realized that there are many ways that this famous

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    Twelfth Night is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600’s. This comedy was written for the entertainment of the close of the Christmas season. Twelfth Night includes musical interludes as well as extreme disorder through out the entire play. Many plot elements from Twelfth Night have been taken from the short story of Of Apollonius and Silla by Barnabe Rich. The first live performance of this Shakespeare comedy took place on February 2‚ 1602 at Candlemas‚ however‚ this play was

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    Introduction Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s comic masterpieces. Three couples are paired together by the end of the play‚ and the siblings reunited. This story evokes much more sympathy and empathy in the way characters are shown than other earlier comedy such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In Twelfth Night‚ we are still invited to laugh with the characters rather than laughing at them. It contains a harmonic balance between comic and tragic elements. William Shakespeare employs comic

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    Twelfth Night Essay In the play of Twelfth Night‚ William Shakespeare shows us many themes. One of them is about the nature of love. He displays this with three types of love: love of self‚ using the character Malvolio‚ unselfish love‚ using the character Antonio‚ and unrequited love‚ using the character Orsino. Each of which is expressed by different characters in different ways. In today’s society‚ many people love themselves more than anything else. Shakespeare shows this issue in Twelfth

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    The play Twelfth Night explores many different types of love between it’s characters. With so much love and so many different levels and kinds‚ love easily appears to be the central theme of the play from the complex love triangle between Viola‚ Oliva and Orsino to hinted at homosexual love from Antonio to Sebastion‚ it is easily the central theme. The first love in the play is Orsino’s love for Olivia. Although Orsino has never met Oliva before in his life he claims to be madly in love

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    Shakespeare’s the Twelfth Night is a classic comedy filled with lies‚ misunderstandings and many love triangles. One example of this may be the Orsino‚ Olivia‚ Viola‚ Sebastian triangle. Although Orsino seemed to have a passionate love for Olivia‚ Viola is another obvious candidate for his affection. Through out Viola’s time as Cesario‚ Orsino’s feelings for her seem to come out more and more. Viola is a good friend to Orsino‚ knows him quite well and likes him for himself‚ not his money or looks

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    Paviell Reese Major Works Data Sheet Title: Twelfth Night Author: William Shakespeare Date of Publication: 1602 Genre: Shakespearean Comedy Biographical information about the author: William Shakespeare‚ born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England‚ was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare was believed to have been educated at the King’s New School in Stratford about a quarter-mile from his home. At the age of 18‚ Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. The ceremony may have

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