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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Soliloquy Analysis Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a comedy of love and betrayal. This play was written in verse which adds a metrical pattern which consists of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter (blank verse). At the start of the trumpets Duke Orsino enters wanting to be loved by Countess Olivia. However‚ she refuses to be seen for seven years because she misses her father and brother. Meanwhile‚ after a shipwreck‚ Viola is found a survivor. Viola disguises herself as a man with the name
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Twelfth Night is the merriest of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ it is also the saddest. The Christian associations of the title suggests the carpe diem theme which runs through the play. Epiphany‚ according to Christian mythology‚ is the time when the shepherds recognized the birth of Christ. The feast of epiphany is the last festival of the Christmas season‚ after which death takes over. This cycle of life is an extension of the ancient pagan fertility rituals. The mood is similar in Keats’s ‘To
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Shakespeare’s characters get what they deserve? To what extent? The majority of Shakespeare’s characters did not get what they deserved in the end‚ there definitely is a strong scent of injustice that hangs in the air around Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This‚ however‚ does not mean that it made life harder for his characters. In quite a few cases‚ it actually leaves them better off. Nevertheless‚ this is not to say that they are not punished for their wrong deeds‚ sometimes in ways that are completely
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repulsive in his “embassy” (1.5)‚ and Feste dubs him “a foolish wit” (1.5). It is not until Viola enters that Orsino is painted in a new brighter light‚ and even then‚ the Duke acts entitled‚ shallow‚ and overly masculine (2.4). Although “Twelfth Night” is not a tragedy‚ Orsino’s circumstance is tragic. He is trapped in a vicious hierarchy: a noble wall that separates him from others‚ protecting his off-putting persona. Because of his status‚ citizens cannot communicate to him his flaws. Because
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Folly Essay – Twelfth Night For my essay I have chosen to write about Malvolio. He is Princess Olivia head steward and confidant. In this play Malvolio proves to be an extremely complex character. As straight edged as he tries to be‚ Malvolio has definitely been stuck by several folly’s. Just as Feste stated in the play‚ “Folly is like the sun‚ it shines everywhere.” Folly operates in a way that the person it affects still believes they are acting with reason and logic. This theme is
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On October 10‚ 2017‚ I observed the painting called “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh from an online art source. This is a painting I have seen several times since the second grade in art class‚ but on Tuesday‚ October 10‚ 2017‚ at 2:34 pm. I witnessed this painting once again. Vincent Van Gogh‚ who was born in 1853 and lived until 1890‚ painted “Starry Night” in June of 1889. This painting represents the view of the East window from his room in the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. (Van Gogh) From
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In the novel Mother Night written by Kurt Vonnegut there are many dramatic and powerful scenes that Vonnegut describes throughout the novel to show the importance they had on Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s life. When Campbell finds out his wife is still alive and is reunited with her‚ beaten on his door step‚ and when he turns himself in. When Campbell talked about his past wife whom he suspected was dead for the past fifteen years it was very apparent that he indeed had a deep love
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Horses of the Night Stage notes First Stage Second Stage Brick House Quite literally‚ a brick house. The location of which a lot of the story happens. Owned by Vanessa’s grandfather. “Looked huge and cool from the outside… inside it wasn’t cool at all.” Could possibly represent Grandfather Conner’s cold‚ ignorant‚ arrogant attitude and demeanor. Grandfather Connor Very aggressive‚ cold demeanor similar to the bunkhouse. Always tries to find a reason to get mad like the train being late or Grandmother
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Night Terror‚ Pediatric A night terror is an episode in which a person who is sleeping becomes extremely frightened and is unable to fully wake up. When the episode is finished‚ the person normally settles back to sleep. Upon waking‚ he or she does not remember the episode. Night terrors are most common in children between the ages of 3 and 12‚ but they can affect people of any age. They usually begin 1 to 3 hours after the person falls asleep‚ and usually last for several minutes. Night terrors
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