The “dark side of life” that William Shakespeare exposes in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ is the danger in the individual’s willingness to abandon the intrinsic self as a means to better realize a goal. The characters Viola‚ Feste‚ and Malvolio‚ in assuming new persona’s‚ engage in a metaphysical betrayal in which they deny the reality of their nature. Viola’s choice to serve Duke Orsino as a page in hopes of finding her brother is by no means unethical‚ and her efforts are ultimately successful‚ but
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In the play Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare illustrates the theme of love with very decisive detail. Love is defined as a “profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another.” Throughout this play Shakespeare examines three different themes of love‚ such as self-love‚ true love and love in the form of friendship. Twelfth Night consists of many different love triangles throughout the play‚ however many of the characters that are tangled up in this very sticky mess of love are too blind to see that
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Write about the significance of disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night Shakespeare’s use of disguise and mistaken identity is significant to the plot of Twelfth Night as it is the thread that runs through the entire fabric of the play; and is instrumental in providing confusion‚ misunderstanding‚ and ultimately – love. Almost all of the characters in this play either carry out some sort of identity deception‚ or are deceived by someone else doing much the same thing. Primarily we
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Confusions in Twelfth Night In 1600‚ under the great social influence of Queen Elizabeth as the center of culture‚ William Shakespeare‚ a English men lived in mystery with an uncertain birthday‚ was favored by the monarch as well as the whole English society. Therefore‚ the play Twelfth Night‚ written in William Shakespeare’s mid-career‚ was among one of his works being widely spread and highly praised. For instance‚ it was titled "the last play of Shakespeare’s golden age” by a twentieth-century
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I chose to write about Van Gogh’s Starry Night‚ because I think that this painting is one of the greater pioneer forms of abstract art. Van Gogh’s rendering of the world the way that he perceived it‚ blended with his own stigmatic emotion‚ is evidenced by his abstract depiction of this small village in the south of France; Starry Night is aesthetically‚ artistically‚ and technically unique. Starry night is a depiction of an actual village that Van Gogh visited during his lifetime. At the risk
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distinctively visual features has had a positive effect on my understanding of the novel Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy’s and the painting ‘starry starry night’ by Vincent van Gogh. This has been done through distinctively visual features such as descriptive and emotive language in Maestro and the use of colour‚ shading‚ lighting and placement in ‘starry starry night’.In saying this‚ this gives evidence as I do strongly agree with the statement ‘‘The visual image has a significant impact on the way the responder
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of women and how the relative devaluing of women shaped sexual desire and normal gender roles. In this paper‚ I will attempt to illuminate several features of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night that have bearing on human desire. Before identifying significant features of Shakespeare’s plays in general and Twelfth Night in particular that have bearing on the question of gender roles and the shaping of desire‚ it will important to remind ourselves about the cultural limitations for women of sixteenth
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My JS Prom For me‚ the most unforgettable moment being a 3rd year high school was the Junior and Senior Promenade. All the junior and the senior students were required to join this once in a life time event. During my preparation for the said event‚ I was so nervous because I don’t know what to do. My hands were shaking and sweating‚ my heart beats so fast like I’m running in an Olympics. While the make-up artist put make up on my face‚ my mom kept on taking photos of me. After the makeup session
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Mistaken Identity William Shakespeare‚ in his well-known comedy Twelfth Night‚ creates a plot that revolves around mistaken identity and deception. Mistaken identity‚ along with disguises‚ rules the play and affects the lives of several of the characters. Shakespeare’s techniques involve mistaken identity to bring humor‚ mystery‚ and complication to the play. Many characters in Twelfth Night assume disguises‚ beginning with Viola who is disguised as a eunuch‚ Maria who writes a letter to Malvolio
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The uncertainty of identity and disguising of characters throughout Twelfth Night presents a theme with a lot of confusion but also great comedic implications. Mistaken identity is shown when twins Viola and Sebastian are misidentified for one another‚ enhancing the comic confusion amongst the characters. This is more apparent in Act 5 Scene 1; however Shakespeare contributes to this comedy through disguise to develop a sense of dramatic irony in a homoerotic subtext where Olivia falls in love with
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