William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. He was broadly known as " the greatest writer in the English language." Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night near the middle of his career and wrote it to entertain people because it was near Christmas time when the first production of the play was first performed. Shakespeare’s intention in writing this play was to present a Romantic comedy that explored the theme of love‚ music‚ and beauty. He successfully completed this play and used many literary
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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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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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In Twelfth Night there are many disguises five of which are found in Act One alone. These disguises are played by the characters of Orcino‚ Viola‚ Sir Toby‚ Olivia and Malvolio. Eash and every disguise functions on its own way in the plot development. the first disguise is that of Orsion’s. He is the wealthy Duke who has become love sick over Olivia. He says‚ ’If music be the food of love‚ play on.’ He is the supposingly most deep or poetic lover . Despite this strong love he seems to be more in
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EMOTIONS IRRATIONAL THINKING & DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS Many debilitative feelings come from irrational thoughts‚ called “fallacies” here. Often times we are not aware of these thoughts‚ which makes them particularly powerful. 1. The Fallacy of Perfection: the belief that you should be able to handle every situation with confidence and skill. Once you believe that it is possible to be a perfect communicator‚ the next step is to believe that others won’t like you if you’re not perfect.
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emphasis on genuine love‚ love of love‚ and false love. All there‚ becoming more and more evident throughout the play. Although a strange play; with cross-dressers‚ homoerotic attractions‚ and strange ambitions‚ his message became clear. Although “The Twelfth Night” creates an atmosphere of confusion and ambiguity
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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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Shakespeare was a man that established his name in history books as a great writer. One of Shakespeare’s many sparks of innovative genius which laminated these pages was his use of masks. Masks are used throughout Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” as a character would choose to wear their selected mask to fit in to the particular situation. Shakespeare uses this imagery of a mask in many of the characters in his play‚ but mostly in two: Viola and Feste. These masks are used throughout
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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 one of William Shakespeare’s so-called transvestite comedies that features a female disguising herself as a young man. This concept might be difficult to grasp by today’s audience but during Shakespeare’s time it was not unusual for female roles to be played by young boys. Every character in the play is involved in a situation where they think one person is someone else. These situations lead to turmoil and humor in the play. The many instances of mistaken identity and uncertainty
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