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1. www.litcharts.com › lit › twelfth-nightTwelfth Night Character Analysis - LitCharts

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   Need help on characters in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night? Check out our detailed character descriptions. From the creators of SparkNotes.

   • Malvolio

     The steward in charge of the servants at Olivia's house. A...

   • Olivia

     A beautiful noblewoman in Illyria. At the beginning of the...

   • Sebastian

     Viola's twin brother, whom she believes is lost at sea, and...

   • Viola (Cesario)

     The protagonist of Twelfth Night.An aristocratic woman, she...

   • Orsino

     The Duke and ruler of Illyria. At the beginning of the play...

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3. www.sparknotes.com › twelfthnight › plot-analysisTwelfth Night: Full Play Analysis - SparkNotes

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   Twelfth Night is a play about desire’s power to override conventions of class, religion, and even gender. Several characters begin the play believing they want one thing, only to have love teach them they actually want something else.

4. literariness.org › 2020/07/26 › analysis-of-williamAnalysis of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

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   Jul 26, 2020 · Twelfth Night is the climax of Shakespeare’s early achievement in comedy. The effects and values of the earlier comedies are here subtly embodied in the most complex structure which Shakespeare had yet created.

5. www.collegeofthedesert.edu › _web-items › documentsTwelfth Night Character Descriptions - College of the Desert

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   Twelfth Night College of the Desert Director: Ryan Landman Character Descriptio ns Viola The play’s protagonist, she is washed up on the shore of Illyria when her ship is wrecked by a storm. Viola decides to disguise herself as a young man, “Cesario” and becomes a page to Duke Orsino.

6. www.sparknotes.com › twelfthnight › charactersTwelfth Night: Character List - SparkNotes

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   • Viola. A young woman of aristocratic birth, and the play’s protagonist. Washed up on the shore of Illyria when her ship is wrecked in a storm, Viola decides to make her own way in the world.
   • Orsino. A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria. Orsino is lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia, but becomes more and more fond of his handsome new page boy, Cesario, who is actually a woman—Viola.
   • Olivia. A wealthy, beautiful, and noble Illyrian lady, Olivia is courted by Orsino and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, but to each of them she insists that she is in mourning for her brother, who has recently died, and will not marry for seven years.
   • Sebastian. Viola’s lost twin brother. When he arrives in Illyria, traveling with Antonio, his close friend and protector, Sebastian discovers that many people think that they know him.

7. www.litcharts.com › lit › twelfth-nightTwelfth Night Study Guide | Literature Guide - LitCharts

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   What is Twelfth Night about?

   • Twelfth Night is a play about desire’s power to override conventions of class, religion, and even gender. Several characters begin the play believing they want one thing, only to have love teach them they actually want something else. Orsino thinks he wants Olivia, until he falls in love with Viola (dressed as Cesario.)

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   Is Twelfth Night a romantic comedy?

   • Despite the ambiguous and shifting gender roles in the play, Twelfth Night remains a romantic comedy in which the characters are destined for marriage. In such a world, homoerotic attraction cannot be fulfilled. Read an in-depth analysis of Antonio. A list of all the characters in Twelfth Night.

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   Is Twelfth Night a transvestite comedy?

   • Twelfth Night has been referred to as a "transvestite comedy" and can be grouped with other Shakespeare plays in which characters cross-dress—namely, the comedy As You Like It, but also Merchant of Venice, which includes a court scene in which the primary female character, Portia, dresses up as a young man.

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   Why is Twelfth Night so popular?

   • This is why Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most continually popular comedies. It invites us to ask such questions about the nature of love and deception: questions which resist easy answers or analysis. Nevertheless, let’s try to analyse some of Twelfth Night ’s most salient themes and features. Plot summary of Twelfth Night Act 1

   A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

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9. interestingliterature.com › 2019 › 10A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

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   Oct 8, 2019 · Of all Shakespeare’s comedies, Twelfth Night is perhaps the most perfect: the most technically and structurally accomplished, the most unified in terms of its wordplay and themes and characters, and the most profound.