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  2. Nov 16, 2018 · (Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play at 30,557 words; at “only” 19,837 words, Twelfth Night is his ninth shortest.) But despite their relative brevity, all of Shakespeare’s comedies — including Twelfth Night — should be approached and acted with the same seriousness of purpose as you’d tackle Hamlet or any of Shakespeare’s ...

  3. Twelfth Night: The Hamlet of the comedies. Austin Tichenor suggests that “Twelfth Night” is the “Hamlet” of the comedies, dealing with loss, separation, and death and using some surprisingly similar elements — but in a far happier way. Use the Folger Method to teach Twelfth Night.

  4. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke ...

  5. hudsonshakespeare.org › Shakespeare Library › CommentariesCommentary - Hudson Shakespeare

    Twelfth Night was the last of Shakespeare's three 'mature' Comedies, as it, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It are called, and it was followed shortly by the first of the major Tragedies, Hamlet. This crucial position in Shakespeare's oeuvre is reflected in the play's subtle complexity.

  6. Oct 8, 2019 · Nevertheless, let’s try to analyse some of Twelfth Night ’s most salient themes and features. Plot summary of Twelfth Night. Act 1. The play opens with the Duke of Illyria, Orsino, pining away with love for Olivia, a countess whose father died a year ago and whose brother has recently died. Olivia has vowed to shut herself away from society ...

  7. Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy, and romantic love is the play’s main focus. Despite the fact that the play offers a happy ending, in which the various lovers find one another and achieve wedded bliss, Shakespeare shows that love can cause pain. Many of the characters seem to view love as a kind of curse, a feeling that attacks its victims ...

  8. A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Twelfth Night. Find out more about the shipwreck that separates twins Viola and Sebastian and the resulting love story.