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    The sub-plot of Twelfth Night‚ the gulling of Malvolio by Sir Toby Belch‚ Maria‚ Feste‚ and Aguecheek‚ is justly famous as one of Shakespeare’s funniest experiments in New Comedy‚ that is‚ in a style of comedy which is basically quite different from the pastoral romantic style of the main plot. The basis for the sub-plot is one of the oldest and most popular subjects for New Comedy - the unmasking of the hypocrite‚ a satiric exposure of apparent virtue so as to humiliate the hypocrite and make him

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    love or falling in love. Many people might think that the mind is the back that has control but in reality it is the heart. In Twelfth Night there are many examples that use the heart instead of the mind to show love. Many people when it comes to love they use the heart. The heart plays a lot when it comes to being in love or trying to love someone. For example in Twelfth Night the Duke falls in love with Olivia. “O‚ when mine eyes did see Olivia’s first‚ methought she purged the air of pestilence! That

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    characters to redefine what it means to be in love with a female‚ and to reveal to his audiences the drastic lengths that the males go to for their female counterparts. Shakespeare uses Antony from Antony and Cleopatra‚ as well as‚ Duke Orsino from Twelfth Night to demonstrate the subtle power that women had over men because

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    In Scene Four of the Second Act of Twelfth Night Orsino and Viola‚ dressed as Cesario‚ listen to music and have a conversation about love and more specifically about which kind of women Viola allegedly fancies. Furthermore‚ Orsino gives Viola advice on what sort of woman would suit her best. In this discussion‚ the relationship between love and time or more accurately‚ the changing nature of love in the passing of time seems to play a central role. This close relationship between love and time

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    depiction of love in Twelfth Night. “The course of true love never did run smooth” is one of Shakespeare’s infamous quotes from one of his plays‚ namely‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It is a quote that remains timeless throughout the ages and is centered on the theme of love and it explores the hardships associated with being In ‘true love’. Such is the same in Shakespeare’s depiction and presentation of love in another play written by him‚ which will be the main focus‚ Twelfth Night. The quote addresses

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    TWELFTH NIGHT: SCENE QUESTIONS ACT 1‚ SCENE i 1. Where does the play open? 2. Imagine you are the director of a Twelfth Night production. What kind of music would you have played for this scene? 3. The Duke has a very famous speech‚ in the beginning of the play‚ about love. How is the Duke feeling about love as the play opens? 4. What news does Valentine bring the Duke? How does the Duke take this news? 5. Even though we haven’t met Olivia yet‚ what do we know about her? ACT I‚

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    ‘At the end of Shakespeare’s comedic plays all complications and disorders are resolved and a new order is generated to the satisfaction of the audience.’ to what extent is this true of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? It is easily argued that Shakespeare’s comedic plays have a similar‚ formulaic‚ structure. Dr Schwartz from the California Polytechnic State University argues that the ‘action of a comedy traces a movement from conflict to the resolution of conflict’. There are many disorders and complications

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    Love in twelfth night In the play twelfth night‚ Shakespeare covered three types of love : Lust‚ true love and brotherly love. Love is one of the most confusing and most misunderstood emotions that we as humans posses. Love is an extremely diverse emotion which is why it was used as the main topic in twelfth night. Lust‚ which is probably one of the most confusing types of love was an apparent subject in twelfth night.There are many reasons why one would lust‚ one could be because you are

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    appearance or statement. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night tells the story of a shipwreck survivor Viola‚ who disguises herself as her brother for a job on the Duke’s estate. Similarly‚ Some Like it Hot tells the story of two musicians Larry and Joe‚ who dress as women to join an all women’s jazz band‚ in order to escape their neighborhood mob. The theme of deception through appearance can apply to Some Like it Hot‚ which is a natural descendant of Twelfth Night. Through the many forms of deception

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    Shakespeare utilizes disguise as the primary source of theatrical appeal in his play Twelfth Night. It is particularly common in Comedy‚ for various reasons. With disguise‚ you get confusion‚ mistaken identities‚ and with these‚ you get laughter. On the Elizabethan stage‚ playwrights frequently included disguise‚ or deception‚ in their comedies‚ using it as a comedic device. In Twelfth Night‚ it is the characters abilities to utilize disguises to deceive one another or themselves. This is evident

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