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Twelfth Night is a play by William Shakespeare, an English playwright.. It is a fast-paced comedy with romantic plots, mistaken identities and practical jokes.. It tells the story of a woman who ...
Previous Next. The overall point of view of Twelfth Night is dramatic, but it follows certain characters more than others, encouraging the audience to sympathize with their particular perspective and sensibility. In Twelfth Night, the most privileged characters are Viola and Feste. Viola and Feste possess the greatest insight into themselves ...
Hamlet (1603) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Though Twelfth Night is a comedy, it interrogates themes that have the potential to verge into more serious subject matter. The impact of ...
Fools and Foolishness. to say as I wear not motley in my brain. (I.v.) Here, Feste defends himself after Lady Olivia calls him a “dry fool” and insists that he be taken away. In Latin, Feste tells Olivia that “the cowl does not make a monk,” essentially implying that she shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Onto this scene arrive the twins Viola and ...
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will is a comedy rich in poetry and puns, a masque concerning masks, a romance with none of the required elements missing. Beyond this, it is a ...
Apr 22, 2008 · Viola's Critique of Society. In a brief passage in William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night, Act Two, Scene Four, lines 104–122, Viola critiques society by showing that societal expectations serve as barriers to reality. Within the bounds of what society dictates, men can express whatever feelings they desire, whereas women must control and ...