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

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   Sir Toby. Olivia's vulgar uncle, a drunkard, lives at and leeches off of her house. Sir Toby's crass double entendres and sex jokes offer an earthy contrast to Orsino 's flowery love-poetry, and his antics help to overthrow Malvolio's efforts to impose order. Sir Toby eventually marries Olivia's lady-in-waiting, Maria.

   • 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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   Full Play Analysis. 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.)

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

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   Jul 26, 2020 · Categories: Drama Criticism, Literature. 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. But the play also looks forward: the pressure to dis-solve the comedy, to realize and ...

5. www.rsc.org.uk › twelfth-night › characterTwelfth Night Detailed Character Information | Shakespeare ...

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   For each of the characters on this page we’ve asked some central questions. These are great questions to explore with students in mind maps, or as class debates. The following activities will also help you explore the characters of Malvolio, Olivia and Viola even further with students. Who is Malvolio (2017)

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

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   Feast of Misrule: Twelfth Night takes its name from an English holiday celebrated on January 5, the so-called "twelfth night of Christmas" or the Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany. In Renaissance England, Twelfth Night was known as a "feast of misrule." For the day, kings and nobles were to be treated as peasants, and peasants as kings and nobles.

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

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   Read an in-depth analysis of Antonio. A list of all the characters in Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night characters include: Viola, Orsino and Olivia, Malvolio, Sir Toby, Maria, Sebastian, Antonio.

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   What is the plot of Twelfth Night?

   • 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 for seven years as a result of these deaths.

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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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   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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   What is Twelfth Night based on?

   • Twelfth Night is the ninth in a series of comedies Shakespeare wrote during the 1590s that includes The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It and is a masterful synthesis of them all, unsurpassed in the artistry of its execution.

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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 · 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 ...