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    The word “invisible” is defined as “as if treated as unable to be seen; ignored or not taken into consideration” (Webster’s Dictionary). That seems to be an accurate description for how most characters in William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Twelfth Night” feel. Focusing specifically on Sir Andrew‚ the man interested in Countess Olivia’s hand for marriage. Not only is he treated horribly by people who he thought were his friends‚ but he ends up leaving Illyria broken-hearted and penniless. He let his unreciprocated

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    Escher said‚ “Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” This quote is saying that what you see and what is actually there can be two different things. Appearances versus reality is a recurring theme in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Twelfth Night . Appearances hide an important reality and sometimes can get in the way of a character from developing or attaining his or her goal. The problems that happen involve disguises and deceit of one form or another and create tension amongst the

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    In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night most of the character’s actions and thoughts are motivated through love. In modern and past society love is viewed as a gift or blessing‚ but in this case love is the main cause of suffering and characters that do fall in love are most of the time misguided and acts of cruelty either fall on them or they cause them. Straight from the beginning Orsino is manipulated with love for Olivia. His obsession over her causes him to refuse to go hunting or any other activity

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    is this made evident in the texts you have studied? Connections between John Donne’s Selective Poems and Margaret Edson’s play Wit to a great extent enrich the audiences understanding of each text and the themes of death and love. When these texts are studied together it is evident through continual intertextual reference that Donne has heavily influenced the play Wit. Although the texts differ contextually‚ with Donne’s 17th Century poetry and Edson’s 20th Century script writing‚ their contextual

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    music alongside poetry used in Twelfth Night Critics call Twelfth Night one of William Shakespeare’s most poetic and musical plays. Shakespeare writes poetic lines for the major characters‚ Viola‚ Orsino‚ and Olivia‚ and gives the Fool‚ and other minor characters‚ songs to sing throughout the play. The particularly romantic lines of the play make it seem as if the characters are professional poets themselves. Shakespeare also uses the music and poetry in Twelfth Night to foreshadow what is going

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    In William Shakespeare ’s Twelfth Night; or‚ What You Will‚ Viola‚ a young woman who survived a shipwreck‚ makes a choice to disguise as a boy‚ in order to work for the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino. During the first three days of her employment as a eunuch named "Cesario"‚ she is sent on a quest to persuade Orsino ’s love interest‚ Olivia‚ to be his wife. Though not an easy task‚ Viola is granted access to Olivia‚ who is mourning her recently deceased brother. While "Cesario" is attempting to woo her

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    Within Shakespeare’s Act 2 scene 4 of Twelfth Night and Act 1 scene 4 of King Lear‚ comparisons between Orsino and King Lear‚ and Cesario and Kent are made. The distinct similarities regarding character function‚ the theme of love‚ and the motif of disguise demonstrate draw interesting parallels between the two scenes. Orsino and King Lear are both unpredictable when making up their minds‚ thus‚ making them similar in regards to their attitude. Orsino indirectly changes his mind when talking to

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    To what extent are parallel images the key convention used for comedic effect in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? In Twelfth Night the fundamental plot line of Viola arriving in Illyria‚ as a result of the shipwreck‚ and is the catalyst of some of the main comic events within the play. This is achieved through the visual‚ parallel image of Viola dressed up as her twin brother Sebastian. Her disguise creates hilarious moments of farce such as patterns of ludicrous suits for marriage and a comedic slapstick

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    There are multiple forms of love in the Shakespearean play Twelfth Night‚ such as self-love‚ unrequited love‚ hidden love‚ and selfless love. The main theme of Twelfth Night is love. I have chosen to analyse Malvolio’s self-love‚ and Viola’s self-less love. Malvolio’s Self Love Throughout the play‚ there are scenes involving Malvolio‚ Olivia’s prudish‚ irritating servant. He is full of self-love‚ and cares for no-one but himself and Olivia. Maria‚ Andrew‚ Toby and Feste decide to play a prank

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    which both initially seem to be thoroughly deserved‚ due to his numerous defects of personality. The first evidence of Malvolio’s undesirable disposition comes with his own first appearance in the play during which he makes a point of insulting the wit and intelligence of Feste "I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal". Through doing this he shows himself to be man who condescends to those that he believes to be lower than him in any way‚ by acting on his own personal

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