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1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › twelfthnightTwelfth 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. Orsino thinks he wants Olivia, until he falls in love with Viola (dressed as Cesario.)

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

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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. But the play also looks forward: the pressure to dis-solve the comedy, to realize and finally abandon the burden of laughter, is…

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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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   Why did Shakespeare write Twelfth Night?

   • With his intense love of ‘Euphuism’ (words that use vowels in a musical way) Shakespeare knew the power and magic of music. In Twelfth Night he wrote a play where he could feature the musical talents of his friend and collaborator Robert Armin—the first Feste.

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   Is Twelfth Night a true story?

   • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, written around 1601, is an entertaining comedy that navigates the themes of love, mistaken identity, and the topsy-turvy nature of human relationships. Set in the fictional kingdom of Illyria, the play follows the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck.

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   Is Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a musical?

   • The play has been turned into a musical on numerous occasions. These include Your Own Thing (1968), Music Is (1977), the Elvis Presley jukebox musical All Shook Up (2005), and the Duke Ellington jukebox musical Play On! (1997). The first film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was as early as 1910.

   A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

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   Oct 8, 2019 · 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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7. www.folger.edu › twelfth-night › readTwelfth Night - Entire Play | Folger Shakespeare Library

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   Jul 31, 2015 · Twelfth Night —an allusion to the night of festivity preceding the Christian celebration of the Epiphany—combines love, confusion, mistaken identities, and joyful discovery. After the twins Sebastian and Viola survive a shipwreck, neither knows that the other is alive.

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   The Department of Dramatic Arts’ rendition of Twelfth Night gives this classic Shakespearean comedy a 20th century twist, setting it in the 1950’s and taking audiences to the era of soul-searching country blues.

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   Twelfth Night (No Fear Shakespeare) From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Twelfth Night Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.