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observe his construction of it. For this night, to bed, and dream on the event. Farewell. [Exit] Sir Toby Belch. Good night, Penthesilea. Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Before me, she's a good wench. Sir Toby Belch. She's a beagle, true-bred, and one that adores me: what o' that? Sir Andrew Aguecheek. I was adored once too. 880; Sir Toby Belch. Let's to ...
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.
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Scene from 'Twelfth Night' ('Malvolio and the Countess'), Daniel Maclise (1840) 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.
Harold Jenkins compares Twelfth Night with earlier plays by Shakespeare and others and concludes that it is the greatest of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night ...
In this excerpt from act v, scene I, of Twelfth Night, Olivia speaks about her head steward, Malvolio, who is known to dislike revelry and indiscipline. Complete the sentences. CORRECT
While the plot utilizes common tropes to tell a story about overcoming the obstacles to "true" love, Twelfth Night’s empowered female lead Viola not only drives the plot but captures the audience’s interest. The play also features a subplot in which the noble characters play a trick on the steward Malvolio because of his egotistical and ...
