Comparing Twelfth Night And She's The Man
Shakespeare's original play, Twelfth Night, is a humorous romance story, similar to Andy Fickman’s She’s the Man. The two go hand in hand, but the execution is varied. The roles of individuals were changed and there is about a five hundred year gap between the two, resulting in minor differentials. The two interpretations of the story represent the same thoughts yet are separate successful productions.
There are roughly ten characters in the play Twelfth Night that have significance to the plot. In She’s the Man, there are few select characters that are important to the movie. Duke Orsino and Viola are essential characters in both the movie and the play. But She’s the Man creates a place that not all of Shakespeare's characters fit in. For …show more content…
This is simply because some things don't translate into a screenplay as well as some would think. At the end of the story line, it is exposed that Viola is a woman when Sebastian arrives. In the play, the Duke instantly gives up on Olivia and promises to marry Viola as soon as she looks like a girl. On the contrary, Duke was mad at Viola for lying to him in the movie. Also, Shakespeare wrote that Viola specifically went to Illyria to work for Duke Orsino and Olivia, but it was then told in the movie that Viola went to Illyria for other reasons, not even knowing who Olivia and Duke were. However, the two are very similar in such a way that She's the Man and Twelfth Night are both comedic love stories and are guided along the same paths of ideas.
Shakespeare, the great writer he was, has written many pieces, one of which includes his comedy, Twelfth Night. Andy Fickman, the director of She's the Man, put a spin to Shakespeare's original work. He created an enjoyable film that highly resembles the play. He changed the character development and successfully modernized it as well. The two pieces are very well thought out and give off the same emotions in well organized
There are roughly ten characters in the play Twelfth Night that have significance to the plot. In She’s the Man, there are few select characters that are important to the movie. Duke Orsino and Viola are essential characters in both the movie and the play. But She’s the Man creates a place that not all of Shakespeare's characters fit in. For …show more content…
This is simply because some things don't translate into a screenplay as well as some would think. At the end of the story line, it is exposed that Viola is a woman when Sebastian arrives. In the play, the Duke instantly gives up on Olivia and promises to marry Viola as soon as she looks like a girl. On the contrary, Duke was mad at Viola for lying to him in the movie. Also, Shakespeare wrote that Viola specifically went to Illyria to work for Duke Orsino and Olivia, but it was then told in the movie that Viola went to Illyria for other reasons, not even knowing who Olivia and Duke were. However, the two are very similar in such a way that She's the Man and Twelfth Night are both comedic love stories and are guided along the same paths of ideas.
Shakespeare, the great writer he was, has written many pieces, one of which includes his comedy, Twelfth Night. Andy Fickman, the director of She's the Man, put a spin to Shakespeare's original work. He created an enjoyable film that highly resembles the play. He changed the character development and successfully modernized it as well. The two pieces are very well thought out and give off the same emotions in well organized