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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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    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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    Consider the elements of comedy employed by Shakespeare in Act one – how might a modern day audience’s reactions be different to that of a Shakespearean audience? Shakespeare uses several main elements of comedy in Act One of Twelfth Night. These elements are used to promote comic reaction with the audience; some of these elements are still relevant to modern audiences today. Throughout Act One‚ Shakespeare uses antonyms to create comic effect. He uses this element on several of his characters

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    Twelfth Night Essay. Life is not fair‚ the characters in Twelfth Night‚ a play wrote by William Shakespeare‚ generally speaking‚ do not get what they deserve. Some of the characters get too much. And it’s unfair to the others‚ and some get too little. Most of the iniquity happens with the second category. When characters get too little of what they deserve. This essay is going to explain how the characters were cheated out and what they actually deserved. At the end of the story‚ Olivia got too

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    How does Shakespeare present the character Malvolio in Twelfth Night? William Shakespeare’s play‚ ‘Twelfth Night or What You Will‚’ is an Elizabethan style of play written in 1601. It is a romantic comedy and the main themes depicted throughout the play include love‚ disguise‚ deception and comedy. ‘Twelfth Night’ was the name given to the last day of the Christmas celebrations‚ in England during the Elizabethan era. This celebration marked the two weeks of festivities. In other words‚ the Elizabethan

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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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    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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    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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