Feste is the fool in Twelfth Night who entertains everyone with jokes, dancing, and singing. Though called a fool, he is actually the wisest character and moves easily between the upper and lower classes. He challenges the social hierarchy by making fun of the upper class. Feste also sings songs that comment on the relationships between characters in the play, such as Orsino's love for Olivia and Olivia's changing affections.

1. Feste Twelfth Night
Essay 1
Feste is a typical Shakespearean fool in the Twelfth Night. Feste works for both Olivia and Duke
Orisino. He is shown as witty person who entertains everyone with his jokes, dancing and singing.
Fool's character is very ironic to his name because he is the wisest person in the whole Illyria who
outshines everyone with his humour and wit. In his presence the mood of the environment becomes
lighter and everybody have a good time. He moves easily between upper–class and lower–class in
the whole play. He disguise himself as Sir Topas which very unusual for a lower–class man. He also
challenges the upper class hierarchy by working according to him and making fun of upper–class
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Feste as the name suggests includes festivity and embodies the festive spirit perfectly. Besides
humour and wit he sings melodies and pictures the state of higher–class people in the play. For
example he sings a song "O Mistress Mine, where are you roaming?" which depicts the wait for the
true love. The song could be applied to the love relationship between Orisino and Olivia and also
between Olivia and Cesario. The song suggests that Orisino's wait will be over when he could marry
Olivia and Olivia's journey would end when she gets Cesario. Another song would be "Farewell,
dear heart, since I must needs be gone" sung in the party by both Sir Toby Belch and Feste. The
song ideally talks about approaching death but in this case it is referred to Malvolio who is not liked
by both Feste and Sir Toby Belch. Malvolio has been compared to an evil or antagonist because of
his rude behaviour toward everyone including upper–class people, also of his fondness for Olivia
and a happiness spoiler whereas he is just a steward. Because nobody likes Malvolio he is been
asked to leave the party in a comical and witty way which could be justified by the line said by Sir
Toby Belch in Act 2 Scene 3 "Shall I bid him go, and spare not" and a reply from Feste "O no no no,
you dare
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5. Twelfth Night
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."–Malvolio
act III, Scene V. Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy entailing the life of Viola post–shipwreck in
Illyria, during this play she assumes that she has lost her brother, Sebastian. In order to make a
living, she disguises herself as a man and becomes a servant for the Duke, Orsino. In the end, Orsino
and Viola marry, and all are united –living happily ever after. One important character to the
development of the subplot of the play is Malvolio, he is the antagonist and without him, the
storyline would be rather flat. Malvolio is an underappreciated character, who is vital to the story as
he provides a contrast to the other servants, is the central cause of the conflict in the sublot, and
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While characters like Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and the Clown are always very happy, Malvolio acts as
a reality check, and emits a rather somber attitude. "OLIVIA What think you of this fool, Malvolio?
Doth he not mend? MALVOLIO Yes, and shall do till the pangs of death shake him. Infirmity, that
decays the wise, doth ever make the better fool." – Act 1, Scene 5. This quote proves that Malvolio
provides a stark contrast to the light–hearted mood all of the other characters convey, as it shows
how he takes all of the jokes the Clown makes too seriously, and quickly would twist the banter into
a topic related to the death of another character. In this play, Shakespeare made the character of
Malvolio a typical antagonist, someone who carries around a negative attitude, wishes the worst on
the main characters, as well as Malvolio's only goal in this play to have power over the
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9. Twelfth Night Triangles
Love triangles. They're complicated and quite messy, as shown in William Shakespeare's Twelfth
Night. In Twelfth Night, twins Viola and Sebastian of Messaline are separated by a shipwreck, and
both land in Illyria, but still separated, believing the other is dead. Meanwhile, Duke Orsino is
attempting to win over his crush, Lady Olivia, but she'll have none of him since her brother died and
she vows to mourn him for seven years, whilst avoiding everyone except her servants during such
time. Viola disguises herself as a man, under the pseudonym Cesario, and joins Duke Orsino's court.
Orsino sends Cesario to woo Olivia for him, but upon meeting each other, Olivia falls in love with
Cesario, not realizing Cesario is actually a woman. Whilst ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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As an example, she says, "[aside] O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful/ In the contempt and anger
of his lip" (III.i.152–153). Here, she says that even though Cesario is mad at her for not accepting
who he is, and wanting him to be what she wants him to be, (although it isn't specified exactly what
that is) she still finds him beautiful in his contempt and anger. This quote shows her intense love for
him because she sees him in a positive light no matter what he's doing or feeling. She loves him
unconditionally, and intends to tell him so in the rest of the soliloquy. In addition, Olivia also says,
"I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride,/ Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide" (III.i.159–160).
Here, she says that despite how clever she is, her love for Cesario can no longer be hidden. It shows
her affection for him because, through the melancholy of losing her brother, she broke her promise
of avoiding people in order to mourn him because of her intense love for Cesario. In spite of all
Cesario's pride, no sort of reason or caution could hide her love. It, again, shows her attitude of
adoration because nothing that anybody could do or say could hide her fondness of
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13. Disillusionment In Twelfth Night
Disappointment and disillusionment are both prominent themes presented by L.P Hartley in The
Go–Between. Published in 1953 although set at the beginning of the 20th century, The Go–Between
demonstrates how a young boys deceived and clouded perception of life leads to a disillusioned old
man, who can't recover from the distressing events of the first summer of 1900. In Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night disappointment is exhibited through many characters whom experience the torments
of a love that is not reciprocated. Furthermore, Thomas Hardy explores similar themes in his poetry
via the use of specific literary techniques, such as metaphors, and pathetic fallacy to demonstrate
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The speakers misconceptions of another woman's feelings towards himself first emerge when he
believes that "her gloom within at the lack of [him] seemed matching [his] at the lack of her", the
repetition of "lack" in both lines shows that the speaker wants to relate to the woman, as well as
wanting the woman to relate to him. Hardy's use of the expression "seemed" is a foregrounding
technique to imply to the reader that nothing is as it seems due to the speaker's disillusionment
regarding the unreciprocated feelings between himself and the woman. Disappointment surfaces
when the speaker notices that there "was glee within." rather than "gloom"; the utilisation of the
caesura represents the speakers moment of realisation thus the moment that his illusions of the
woman transform into sheer disappointment at the fact that he is now going to be "alone". The cause
of the speaker's disappointment is similar to Leo's in The Go–Between as he foolishly believes
Marian has feelings for him, until he experiences his moment of realisation upon reading "darling,
darling, darling" demonstrating that the cause of their
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17. Twelfth Night Conventions
"A people, without the knowledge of their past, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." –
Marcus Garvey, and such is the case with Shakespearean English – comedy in particular. A
knowledge of comedic subgenres and conventions assists and informs one's understanding of the
stage drama, Twelfth Night. A knowledge of genre and generic features helps to develop and
broaden the meaning of many a play, and in particular, Twelfth Night. The play Twelfth Night,
written around 1600 BC, is one of the great Romantic Comedies – comedy focusing on love,
marriage and courtship – of William Shakespeare and is still today regarded a literary classic. It is
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Every major character in Twelfth Night experiences some form of desire or love. Duke Orsino is in
love with Olivia. Viola falls in love with Orsino, while disguised as his pageboy, Cesario. Olivia
falls in love with Cesario, causing an interesting love triangle, which is only resolved when Olivia
falls in love with Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, and, at the last minute, Orsino decides that he
actually loves Viola. Twelfth Night derives much of its comic force by satirising these lovers. For
example, Orsino's flowery love poetry is made fun of, demonstrating that Orsino is more in love
with the concept of being in love than his supposed beloveds, as demonstrated in Act One "If music
be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so
die." Also, by showing the particulars that govern how nobles engage in courtship, Shakespeare
examines how characters play the "game" of love. Characters that claim to be of deep passions are
often revealed as self–absorbed, foolish, and misguided, as they fall victim to unfortunate love.
Twelfth Night, considers the relationship between erotic desire and gender and examines more overt
same–sex desire, even as it steadily works its way towards the completion of the play, which ends
with heterosexual couplings and marriage – in a way for
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21. Twelfth Night
'Twelfth Night' focuses on the conventions of Comedy itself. Comedy has to have a resolution,
usually with all the characters ending up happy, but not before the audience are taken on a journey
of twists and turns through trickery and wit as well as many complexities before tying everything up
in the end in a final climax. Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' is a prime example of this. In 'Twelfth
Night', there is the main plot – a love triangle, disguise and misinterpretation– which provides some
Comedy but more importantly, there is the accompanying subplot featuring Maria, Sir Toby Belch,
Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Malvolio which brings the focus of Comedy directly to them. Maria's
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Shakespeare's intentions with Maria are clear here; her plans are slowly but surely being put in place
for the downfall of Malvolio. Shakespeare's use of negative language is critical to Maria's speech as
well as Shakespeare's use of imagery, when Maria speaks of Olivia's dislike towards the colour, she
does not just say she dislikes it, the use of the word "abhors" shows Olivia thinks that it is the most
disgusting colour to exist. The word "detest" reiterates the disgust that Olivia will feel when she lays
eyes upon Malvolio. Malvolio will look so stupid that he will be a "notable contempt" because he
has had the nerve to "smile" whilst Olivia is "addicted to melancholy" suggests the comparisons
between there dispositions and demeanours will be so severely different that it will elicit laughter.
Shakespeare's clever use of wording creates the image of how ridiculous Malvolio will look in front
of Olivia. Once again Maria exits the stage and Shakespeare reinforces dramatic tension through this
exit therefore leaving the audience desperate to know what happens
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25. Twelfth Night Gender
In the play Twelfth Night, Shakespeare plays with the notions of doubling and identity to create an
overlying comedic composition. Shakespeare was known to use gender as a subject in his comedies,
and Twelfth Night is no different. Each of the characters is developed by one or more of these
literary devices to create unique storylines and plot twists, and there are many instances in which the
cultural norms of gender roles and attractions are tested. Many critics, in particular Northrup Frye,
would consider Twelfth night a comedy because of the characters and their situations throughout the
play. Northrup Frye is a critic who wrote a multitude of essays analyzing the different types of
genres in literature. In The Mythos of Spring: Comedy, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Twelfth Night is still considered to be one of Shakespeare's most successful comedies in modern
times. Doubling is the act of having a character pretend to be another character by using a disguise
or by trickery. Although there are not a lot of instances of doubling in Twelfth Night, it is still
considered to be one of the main literary devices that make this play a comedy. Shakespeare
manipulates the story line and its characters by using disguises and trickery. The main plot of this
story revolves around disguise. Viola, the main character, disguises herself as Cesario. She decides
to disguise herself in order to gain entrance into the Duke Orsino's house. Viola pleads to the ship
captain: "Conceal me what I am, and be my aid/ for such disguise as happy shall become/ the form
of my intent. I'll serve this Duke" (I.ii. 56–58). This is the moment in which Viola decides that she
will double under the name of Cesario. Doubling in Shakespeare's time was very common,
especially girls being disguised as boys. This allowed for one actor to play many parts, and since
there were no girl actors in Shakespearian time, many men played girls who disguised themselves as
men. This allowed for a sense of comedy to overshadow the play. The American Shakespeare
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29. Twelfth Night
In Twelfth Night, a myriad of relationships are created and elaborated. Perhaps the most interesting
thing about this play is how each of these connections develop while being intertwined with one
another. The relationship between Viola and Olivia grows from a small fascination to an intense and
burning desire over the course of the play. This creates a significant effect of confusion, frustration,
and satisfaction on the other characters as they struggle to unwind the complexities of their
relationships to each female lead.
Viola and Olivia's relationship transforms drastically after Olivia develops an unthinkable attraction
toward Viola's alter ego Cesario. Shortly after meeting Orsino's messenger, Olivia ponders:
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For example, Olivia's evident infatuation with Cesario causes Andrew to feel threatened by the new
competition. As a result he writes a letter, proposing a duel of wits and strength against Viola. Toby
reads parts of his writing aloud, revealing Andrew's feelings: "Thou com'st to the Lady Olivia, and
in my sight she uses thee kindly. But thou liest in thy throat; that is not the matter I challenge thee
for." (Act 3, Sc. 4, Lines 164–166) It is obvious that he feels somewhat threatened and frustrated due
to Viola and Olivia's strange relationship. However, Orsino is the character that is most heavily
affected by this relationship, especially in Act 5. Shortly after learning of their marriage, Orsino
feels conflicted as he is torn between spiting the woman who broke his heart and his attachment to
his seemingly loyal servant, Cesario/Viola. This is especially palpable when he insists, "Come boy,
with me. My thoughts are ripe in / mischief / I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love / To spite a raven's
heart within a dove." (Act 5, Sc. 1, Lines 131–134) Orsino is so impacted by Olivia's alleged
marriage to Cesario that he threatens to kill his beloved servant in order to spite her for all she has
done to him. He loves and appreciates Cesario deeply, so this passage shows just how much of an
effect Viola and Olivia's relationship has on him. Interestingly, Sebastian is also affected by this
amalgamation. However, it brings him ultimate satisfaction in the end, rather than confusion and
frustration like the other two examples. He expresses this by saying, "You would have been
contracted to a maid. / Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived: You are betrothed both to a maid
and man." (Act 5, Sc. 1, Lines 273–275) In other words, Sebastian is thankful that Olivia fell in
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33. Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a much–loved Shakespearean play that has all the generic features that one would
expect from one of the best comedies. With identity confusion, cross–dressing and an ending that
underlines that, love can win out over all. Twelfth Night is funny and poignant with a highly
distinctive and insightful take on the battle of the sexes.
Twelfth night is an amusing play to watch; in many scenes there are examples of dramatic irony.
This is when there is a situation in which the audience has a more satisfactory knowledge of what is
happening than the character does. Examples of this is when Orinso expresses his views on women
to Viola/Cesario. 'For women are as roses, whose fair flower, being once displayed.' This quote
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Sebastian and Antonio's friendship is tested during the play. They first met after Sebastian arrived in
Illyria with no money, no food, nothing. Antonio let him borrow money before he ran away from the
police. Later on when Antonio meets Cesario (thinking its Sebastian) he asks for his money back.
Cesario has no idea what's he talks about and ditches him to the police. Toby and Aguecheek come
across Sebastian and as they had challenged Viola to a duel and begin to fight him. This,
understandably, confuses Sebastian somewhat, but he is even more confused when Olivia also
arrives and (thinking he is Viola) asks him to marry her. Completely confused by this turn of events,
Sebastian nevertheless thinks himself onto a good thing and accepts the beautiful stranger's
invitation. The confusion builds to a climax in which the two siblings are finally reunited, and Viola
feels as though she can reveal her true sex, and her love for Orsino. The play ends in multiple
marriages and happiness for everyone apart from of course Malvolio, who is released from his dark
hole and storms out of the house. The plot in Twelfth night is convoluted and perplexing; this makes
it very enjoyable for a person to
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37. Twelfth Night Women
Women can easily fall in love as they are gullible and over–trusting, whereas men are mindless and
foolish. In Twelfth Night, the characters who prove this are Olivia and Sir Andrew. Olivia has fallen
in love with the fake man "Cesario", and Sir Andrew is deliberately trying to woo Olivia through
foolish and pathetic ways. Twelfth Night demonstrates that women are weak and are able to fall in
love easily, due to their gullibility when it comes to love. This was shown as Olivia was able to fall
in love with fake man "Cesario", who was truly Viola in disguise. Although the Duke Orsino has
real feelings for Olivia, she refuses to love him back as her love is only for "Cesario". Shakespeare
conveys this message through Viola's soliloquy, and is
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41. Twelfth Night
"If music be the food of love, play on" (1.1 1) In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare shows love in various
different forms. Love is defined as "a strong affection or liking for someone," and we can see love
being portrayed in different ways throughout the play. Some of these forms of love include true
love, self–love and a love for money. "Twelfth Night" has many love triangles. Many of the
characters are caught up in the web of love and are blind to realize that their emotions toward other
characters are sometimes untrue. They deceived themselves and/or the characters that are around
them. There are certain characters in the play where their emotion of love is true, and the two people
feel very strongly toward one another. Viola's love for Orsino is a great example of true love in ...
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Even Though she pretended to be a man and is practically is a nobody in Illyria, she desires to win
Orsino's heart. In Act 1, Scene 4, Viola tells her true feelings for Cesario by saying, "yet a barful
strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife (1.440–42)." This statement becomes correct when
she reveals her true identity. Cesario (Viola) and Orsino have a very good friendship, therefore,
making the switch from friend to a wife was easy. Shakespeare showed us that true love will always
succeed.Even Viola was caught up in another true love problem herself, however, this time she was
on the receiving end of this. While going to Olivia's home for Orsino, Olivia had grown to love
Cesario. Now, Viola was caught up in a bad situation that there was only one way out. It's shocking
that Olivia fell in love with a woman dressed like a man. And because Viola knew what words
women like to hear, she won
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45. Orsino Twelfth Night
Helen Chen
Ms. Botelho
ENG1D1 – 06
10 February 2015
Twelfth Night Essay
When two people are in a romantic relationship, marriage is usually the ultimate goal. Marriage is
precious, formal and sacred. In the play, Twelfth Night, three marriages are depicted. One of the
marriages has happened because of a mistake and the other given as a reward. Which means that one
marriage will be more long–lasting than the other. In my opinion, Viola and Orsino's marriage is
going to be the most successful because of their love and commitment to each other, the length of
time they have known each other and finally the trust between them. Firstly, love and commitment is
one of the many factors that contribute to a successful marriage. Love and commitment allow
couples to act with integrity, respect and care for each other. The readers can clearly see the
commitment Viola has for Duke Orsino when she says, "After him I love/More than I love these
eyes, more than my life,/More, by all mores, than e'er I shall love wife" (V. i. 130–132). This proves
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Love is built on trust therefore we can only love someone we trust. In the play, we can immediately
see the trust between Orsino and Viola at the very beginning. Orsino reveals the trust he has for
Viola when he expresses, "Cesario,/Thou know'st no less but all. I have unclasp'd/To thee the book
even of my secret soul;..." (I. iv. 12–14). This demonstrates Orsino's evident trust for Viola. He is
able to share all of his secrets with Viola only after three days of knowing each other. Couples can
only express their feelings freely to each other, feel secure and safe when they trust each other.
Therefore, the trust Viola and Orsino has for each other is a vital asset they have that will make them
different from the other two couples and it is this that will make them the most successful marriage
in the play. Without trust, relationships will fall
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49. Identity In Twelfth Night
The play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare shows us how mistaken identity can affect people
in many ways. Two main characters, Olivia and Viola, disguised as Cesario, caused this confusion.
Viola and her brother Sebastian were on a boat that crashed. Viola washed upon the shore of Illyria
and thought her brother dead, but Sebastian wasn't really dead, he had just washed up on a different
nearby island. Wanting a job, Viola disguised herself as a man named Cesario, and Olivia fell in love
with "him". Eventually Viola's brother came to Illyria, which caused confusion to everyone because
Sebastian looked just like Cesario. Mistaken identity in Twelfth Night caused characters confusion
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It does this by people dragging you around by tricking you into thinking something that's not true.
This happens in Twelfth Night when Maria writes a letter to Malvolio pretending she is Olivia and
since her handwriting is very similar to Olivia's and Malvolio is in love with Olivia he believes the
letter. The reason Maria wrote the letter is that Malvolia has been rude and mean to the staff so she
decides to play a prank on him by writing the letter "If this fall into thy hand, revolve. In my stars I
am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some
have greatness thrust upon 'em. Thy fates open their hands. Let thy blood and spirit embrace them."
(2.5.147–151). This is the beginning of the letter it continues on saying that she loves him and that if
he loves her back he must wear yellow stockings and they must be cross gartered which means they
have to wear ribbons tied around the knees. It also said that he had to smile all the time and be
extremely rude to the staff. This all started because Maria decided to mislead him by making him
think it was from Olivia, And it all ended with everyone thinking he was insane so they locked him
up in a dark room and even then Maria with two others tried to trick him into thinking he was insane
himself. They did this by having the fool disguise himself as the priest and talk with Malvolio in a
dark room, but they kept saying that it
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53. Hamlet Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare's plays "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night" are completely opposite plays.
However, there are many connections that can be made between the two. Seeing as "Hamlet" is a
dark tragedy and "Twelfth Night" is a romantic comedy, both seem to have romantic twists to them
developed by the hindering of the truth of one's appearance. These are shown through major themes,
such as deceit through disguises, complex love triangles, and varying opinions of marriage.
In the play "Twelfth Night" Shakespeare uses disguise as a major theme. This is partially what
makes the play a comedy but also creates the ties to "Hamlet". In the beginning of "Hamlet" the
main character himself makes everyone believe he is mad to try to get the truth out of his uncle of
why is father died. Many of the other characters in this play pretend to be good–natured and caring
toward Hamlet, when in all reality they were unjust and self–absorbed. In "Twelfth Night," many of
the characters disguise themselves as someone else, such as Viola pretending to be Cesario. Olivia
falls in love with "Cesario". Feste and Malvolio disguise themselves as two completely different
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In "Twelfth Night," the main love triangle occurs between the main character Viola, Olivia, and
Orsino. The play begins with Orsino already being in love with Viola, who then follows Olivia
falling in love with Viola, who is dressed as Cesario and in love with Orsino. The love triangle is
solved when Viola's twin brother Sebastian arrives. Olivia marries Sebastian, thinking him to be
Viola. Thus leaving Orsino without a love interest and to find out that Viola is a woman. He decides
to marry her when he finds out. The "love triangle" in "Hamlet," or rather sexual tension, is
underlying between mother and son. A great deal of jealousy is also present between Hamlet and
Claudius in pursuit of Gertrude's
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57. Twelfth Night Essay
Although he doesn't seem to learn or develop much through the duration of the play, Feste is no dull
character. In fact, Feste is known as one of Shakespeare's greatest, most interesting and well–written
characters. The complexity of Feste's speech and each of his interactions with other characters
reveal multiple important perspectives and roles that help contribute to the play. In Twelfth Night,
Shakespeare puts a spin on the importance of Feste's role by casting him as Olivia's licensed fool,
the play's commentator and a connection joint towards the reality of the audience as well as for the
play's storyline. Through his frequent witty comments, Feste's extensive intelligence of the other
characters shines through as he pinpoints their ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Nearing the end of the play, it is Feste who brings the two together as he enters with Malvolio's
letter, delivering his release which he notes with slight irony, "Look then to be well edified, when
the fool delivers the madman." (5.1.291–2). By doing so, Feste prepares for the story's ending by
connecting the two main halves of Twelfth Night's plot and concludes the play as a whole. Another
perspective of Feste as the play's "connector" include bridging the gap between the audience and the
characters they see or read about in the play. As part of his job, Feste often entertains through song
whether it be about love, death or the meaning of life. However the songs he sings offer more
insight and meaning than they appear to have at face value. For example the song he sings for the
Duke, "Come away, come away, death,/ And in sad cypress let me be laid..." (2.4.51–66) laments the
sorrow and heartache of unrequited love; so much that the ballad's heartbroken lover wants to be
buried in secret so that his lover will not weep or mourn his death . Although he sings this song for
the Duke, the emotions expressed can also apply to Viola in her concealed love for the Duke, as well
as to Olivia in her desperate pursuit for "Cesario's" affections. Despite the play being a comedy,
Feste manages to add a touch of solemnity and melancholy where appropriate to help bond and
connect with the emotions of the audience through that of the characters, while still giving the
audience a sense of
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61. Twelfth Night Identity
In the book or play Twelfth Night or What You Will Viola portrays the themes of identity, and love
itself throughout the story, because she shows her love for Duke Orsino and she changes her identity
to find her twin brother Sebastian. In the story Viola says "I'll do my best, to woo your lady: Aside.
Yet a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife" This means that viola does not want
Duke Orsino to marry Olivia she wants the Duke to marry her as she shows love for her by getting
close to him by changing identity to have help find her brother who she thinks is lost at the sea.
Eventually in the end Viola also known as Cesario got the love of her life Duke Orsino.
In the story viola also says "There is a fair behavior
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65. Twelfth Night
The play "Twelfth Night" is about people who are not always what they seem. That theme can be
seen in both the holiday and the play "Twelfth Night." William Shakespeare uses different characters
to help him express that theme throughout the play.
The clown (Feste) is a great example of this theme. His job is to make people laugh at him and make
himself look dumb or unintelligent for other people's amusement. On the other hand Feste is very
intelligent, he uses his intelligence to make people happy when they need some cheering up. For
example when Feste says olivia's brother is "obviously going to hell" knowing that she is going to
say "no he's obviously going to heaven" making her realize he's in a better place now and she
doesn't need to mourn for seven years now that she knows he's in a better place. ... Show more
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She disguises herself as a man so she can become her crushes servant, and woman have a harder
time getting a job anywhere. She gets really close to Malvolio making him really trust her. So he
gives Viola his love letters that are meant for another woman to go deliver them to her. Viola being
sad that she's delivering love letters from her crush to another woman's heart breaking. Voila then
finds out that Malvolio's crush doesn't like him instead likes her so she does nothing, literally
nothing because anything she will do to communicate with Olivia or make contact with her will
increase the love. So she then does nothing and waits until Olivia forgets about her. Viola in the end
reveals herself to Malvolio and they become a happy
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69. Twelfth Night and Pygmalion
The play Twelfth Night is set in a Elizabethan country household in a place called Illyria. Illyria is a
fictional place. Although the setting felt familiar to the audience, the name Illyria gave it a feeling of
escape from reality, something that was important because everyday life could be tough in those
days. The people needed an escape from reality sometimes. In this play we meet the upper class, as
well as the lower class. It is not certain whether it really is "twelfth night", but there are several
things in this play that suggest that it might well be the twelfth night. The twelfth night is on the 6th
of January, a night where the servants and other low class figures get to change place with their
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I think the audience liked it that way, very straight to the point. The audience of a typical
Shakespeare play has a wide social range. All kinds of people, from ambassadors to apprentices
came to watch them. The audience loved the special use of, and play with language, and the rapid
pace on stage. The culture of an audience at that time was very oral, the spectators always had a
witty comment up their sleeve and did not hesitate to shout a response to the actors on stage. This
made the actors both actors and people, a certain duality was played at. All of the actors of the
Elizabethan time were men. It was against the law to allow women on stage, at least in the big
public plays. Women were by far the weaker sex, despite of having a queen running the country.
The props used in this play were few but adequate. Both the props and the costumes were well made
and played an important role in making the play successful. Some critics have said that this play is
an attack on Puritanism, where Malvolio represents the puritan who is quite disliked by everybody
around him. The name malvolio bears a strong resemblance to the Latin words "mal voglio", which
means ill will. Maybe it is because the character Malvolio is so self absorbed and gullible, that
Shakespeare gave him this particular name? Maybe the critics were partly right? Another important
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73. Twelfth Night Essay
In Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night or What you Will, the characters are involved in a plot
complete with trickery, disguise, and love. Each character is defined not by his or her gender or true
identity, but by the role they are forced to take because of the complicated situation that arises.
Unlike their gender, the speech the characters give an insight to their true personalities. In the
Twelfth Night, the character Duke Orsino uses flowery and over–dramatic language, long poetic
sentence structure, and melodramatic metaphors to display his overemotional romantic nature
despite the different emotions in his various speeches. Duke Orsino's repeated usage of poetical
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Enough no more!" (1.1.6–7). He accentuates his original metaphor by personifying music and
comparing it to a breeze that carries the flowers odor with it. Until line 8, Orsino does not mention
his love explicitly. Instead, he establishes the feeling of yearning by referring to symbols of love
such as music and flowers. Orsino ends his long speech with, "Even in a minute, So full of shapes is
fancy./ That it alone is high fantastical." (1.1.14–15). By stating that love is a wonderful figment of
imagination, Orsino reinforces the previous metaphorical and vague language he uses in the
beginning of the speech. "That it [love] alone is high fantastical" (1.1.15) also shows that he is a true
romantic because he is in love with the concept of love rather than the person themselves.
Furthermore, he line, "...Enough no more!" (1.1.7) contradicts with the previous line, "Give me
excess of it, that, surfeiting," (1.1.4) which proves that Orsino is very dramatic in character because
he constantly vacillates in his actions and desires. He is emotionally unstable at times in the play and
thus acquires a dramatic behavior.
In Act 5, Orsino delivers a speech to Olivia in order to express his broken heart and pine over his
unreciprocated feelings. However, by drawing out the speech with allusions, excessive language,
and metaphors, Shakespeare portrays Orsino as an overemotional and romance–driven character.
Compared to Orsino's first
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77. Twelfth Night
Every major character in 'Twelfth Night' experiences some form of love or desire. Shakespeare
exhibits intricate love triangles within the play that are only resolved when order is restored.
'Twelfth Night' derives much of its comic force by satirising the lovers in the play. Love in the play
is generally represented as something that is irresistible, spontaneous and overpowering.
Shakespeare portrays it as being dangerous and is compared to disease and suffering. In the first
scene of the entire play, Orsino describes music a cure for the absence of love, "If music be the food
of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die." This
metaphoric phrase establishes love as a theme within 'Twelfth Night'
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81. Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night "Twelfth Night is a comedy of light and shade. Its characters are not unreservedly
happy and the events are not unreservedly humorous." Discuss. As a comedy, Twelfth Night is
obviously intending to not only entertain its audience but also point out problems in society. It is
imperative to entire merit of the play not to be realistic but to allow for empathy. Therefor to have a
comedy of complete lightheartedness there would be no balance and hence no avenue for audience
interaction. Without light we would have no darkness and for this reason Shakespeare has had to
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In Twelfth Night there is conflict concerning who will win the hand of Oliva. Malvolio through his
vanity is easily fooled into thinking it is he who she loves although she is most otherwise, "O, you
are sick of self love, Malvolio, and taste with a distemper'd appetite." Another social theme that is
not "unreservedly humorous" dealt with in Twelfth Night is the idea of self–awareness. Self–
awareness is based around being well balanced rather than excessive, therefor to convey this idea
neither the characters nor the plot can be completely, inadvertently "happy." Self–awareness is
developed by both Olivia and Orsino; they were both creatures of lavishness. Orsino plunged deeply
into his unrequited almost courtly love for Olivia his verbose, dramatic language demonstrates this,
"If music be the food of love, play on; / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may
sicken and die." This passionate plea and later exchanges demonstrate Orsino's developing character.
Initially he is more "in love" with the idea of love. We as the audience and survey of this activity
may find his self–absorption laughable but as he develops into a well–rounded character, it is
evident why Shakespeare portrayed him in this way. It is vital the believability and credit to the play
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85. Viola In Twelfth Night
Throughout Twelfth Night, Viola plays the part of a fascinating contradiction. During her courting of
Olivia on behalf of the heartsick Orsino, Viola describes how she would woo Olivia if she loved her
as Orsino does: "Make me a willow cabin at your gate, / And call upon my soul within the house, /
And sing them loud even in the dead of night; / ...Cry out 'Olivia!'" (1.5.237–45). Later, she directly
compares her own love for Orsino to his love for Olivia, yet she does not cry out his name in
heartbreak for the world to hear – like her identity, she keeps her feelings hidden. In Act 2, when
conversing with Orsino on the topic of love and gender, she claims that although men are more
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In the first four scenes of Act 1, Olivia is a popular topic of conversation as nearly every on–stage
character speaks of her, yet the woman herself does not appear until Scene 5. Due to these
conversations, the audience has already formed an image in their minds of who and what she must
be before they have seen her. Rather than the miraculous, awe–inspiring woman who is so deep in
mourning she is unwilling to leave her home or display her face, we find Olivia without her veil,
sharing quips with the clown, Feste, and speaking in prose with her staff (1.5.77–79). It is only when
she agrees to speak with Viola, an outsider who can further spread rumors of her current state, that
she covers her face and begins speaking primarily in verse. Later, when discussing Orsino's
attempted courting of her for the second time with Viola, Olivia states she "Would they were blanks
rather than filled with me," meaning she would rather he think about nothing than about her
(3.1.96). Olivia has made herself a stranger to the world outside her home, and Orsino's perception
of her is built almost entirely from rumors and his own fantasies. Therefore, I would argue that
Orsino is thinking about "blanks" when he thinks about Olivia – specifically, he is filling them
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89. Twelfth Night Tropes
In like manner,Shakespeare's tragedies:Comedies like "Twelfth Night" as well suffer from the same
problem as "Hamlet "and "Macbeth" where tropes are not transferred as well and usual is mistaken
as an original property of the person who copies the tropes from any shakespeare's many works
.Tropes that are within "Twelfth Night" are the Woman who disguises herself for a man,Separation
of sibling due to some conflict, and Climax that leads to all problems getting resolved.The last one
is quite broad,but is usual result in movies who take uses the play's model.Movies who put to uses
such tropes are following:Just One of the
Guys,She's The Man,Mulino,and Parent Trap.Each one these exemplify the tropes found within the
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play; the siblings share the common thread of separation that is shared by the main protagonist
Voila and her brother Sebastian where the two are separated the at the hands of a storm in that leads
to Viola take on a new persona to survive their new environment is similar the two twin sisters
becoming two separate people due to the rift formed by the divorce that acts as the movie wreck.The
Movie "Mulan",a disney film,use the trop that resurfaces throughout shakespeare's works
disguises.The main character Mulan whilst being a nobleman daughter such as the cause
voila;Mulan and Voila in both stories dawn roles a males due to ensure their safety.Though both
differ in reasoning shows how flexibility of this trope being able to shift for what is needed a
plot.Mulan take a firm manly persona in order to protect her father from being drafted back into the
war against the mongols.The Causes of Voila to develop her male character is due to more of a
necessity being highlighted in the fact she had to survive after near death encounter with a
wreck.Voila male personality and creation is not solely something she creates on her own but a
device the captain helps create, and is the person who set in motion trying suggest the
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93. Themes In Twelfth Night
Understanding Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of his most beloved plays. There are several notable themes that
construct the play that makes twelfth night a great play. Many elements within the play take on what
it was like during Shakespeare's time, while others talk about political commentary. The play talks
about the main character Viola and her disguise as a man, while looking for her brother Sebastian.
Her disguise creates a lot of misperception; many would say Twelfth Night shines light on sexuality;
however it is the reader's exploration into Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, in which they will explore
the many possible truths and understanding of the play. Exploring the themes of gender identity,
love, madness and death, readers will have a better understanding the play an how each of the
themes connect.
Shakespeare's play has allowed for many readers and scholars to speculate its deeper meanings. The
play itself focuses on Viola's disguise as a man that ends up causing confusion and unwanted love.
Yet, it's the only way Viola can find her brother. Some could say that when Olivia falls for Viola
(Cesario), Viola have questioned herself because Oliva was so in love with Cesario, even though she
tells Olivia, bluntly that she cannot fall in love with her.(). This is strange for Shakespeare to have a
woman playing a man, since in his time all the men would play the women roles and it was perfectly
normal. One can imagine during
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97. The Twelfth Day of July
'The Twelfth Day of July'
Task: Explain how Kevin and Sadie change by the end of the novel
'The Twelfth Day of July' is a book by Joan Lingard. This book is about the discord between the
Catholic and Protestant religions. It centres on the characters of Kevin McCoy, who is Catholic, and
Sadie Jackson, who is Protestant and how their friendship develops despite the religious bigotry
which affects the country they live in. The Twelfth Day of July is a celebration in Northern Ireland,
for Protestants which started in the 18th century celebrating the 'Glorious Revolution' and the
victory of Protestant King Billy over Catholic King James II at the Battle of Boyne in 1690.
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Sadie is infuriated by the events of that day and decides that she is going to go back to Kevin's
house and wreak havoc if she can. She leaves her house in the middle of the night and sneaks into
Kevin's, there she writes on the McCoy's kitchen table 'KING BILLY WAS HERE. LONG LIVE
KING BILLY'. She thinks she has got away with it when she hears a noise behind her; she turns
around only to be confronted by Kevin. She tries to run out the kitchen and throws flour all over the
place as a distraction. She succeeded, she got out of the kitchen and hid in a stinky bin, she heard
voices outside the bin, Kevin giving orders to his friends to find her. The smell of the bin made her
wretch, but she could not leave it just yet, someone kicked the bin and she felt the vibrations through
her body. She felt like she was in there for an eternity. Eventually the voices faded and she left the
bin but not the area.
The next morning her brother goes into her room to wake her only to find her bed empty, he thinks
this is strange, he goes down stairs and there is still no sign of Sadie. He decides to go to Kevins
house and asked his friends Linda and Steve to go with him, they go in search of Sadie, when they
arrive at Kevins house they are told by the McCoy's that they have not seen her so they go home to
speak to his parents by this time he is really worries about his sister. After speaking to his parents
they all decide to go back to Kevin's,
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101. Stereotypes In Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is a comedy about Viola, a woman who washes up in Illyria
and then assumes the role of a man in order to be closer to Orsino, the man she wants to marry. It
involves multiple cases of mistaken identities and deception. The stereotypical role of the sexes and
gender also have a significant impact in the play. Ultimately it provides the opportunity to disrupt
the fixed polarities upon which the normative Elizabethan society is based. This essay will discuss
Belsey's statement that the closing of the play voids the transgressive gaps in sexual stereotypes.
This will be done by considering the historical context and the sexual norms of the time and to what
extent they are transgressed in Twelfth Night.
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Charles is of opinion that, "the representation of homoerotic attraction in Twelfth Night functions
rather as a means of dramatizing the socially constructed basis of a sexuality that is determined by
gender identity" (Charles 1997:122). As mentioned above, homosexuality was not acceptable in the
Elizabethan society for the most part. It was even considered as sodomy. Before the twins, Viola and
Sebastian, are married to heterosexual partners, both are involved in some form of homosexual
relationship. While Oliva seems to be unaware of Cesario/Viola's true sex, the hint at the possibility
of homoeroticism through dramatic irony is already enough to disrupt the stereotypical gender
system. After Malvolio presents Viola/Cesario with Olivia's ring, Cesarios says, "I am the man; if it
be so, as 'tis,/Poor lady, she were better love a dream" (Shakespeare 2004:84). Charles explains the
best stating that dramatic irony tells us Oliva's true hidden passion is for the female character
(Charles 1997:133). In addition she
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105. Twelfth Night Foils
People have shiny and dull sides just like people in the comedic play Twelfth Night by William
Shakespeare and in "Missing Fathers: Twelfth Night, The Reformation Of Mourning." by Suzanne
Penuel and "Melville's The Lightning–Rod Man As Foil" by Linda Pergolizzi Gallagher. This
writing shows great information of foil characters especially in Twelfth Night where Viola and
Olivia identify foil characters. One of them will materialize as the successful foil character. Twelfth
Night describes about two royal sibling crashing in the country that they identify at war with. They
get separated and happen to disguise themselves, meanwhile there a love circle exists and a bunch of
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All through books, plays, and all literature foil characters endure in writing. In the article by
Suzanne Penuel,"Missing Fathers: Twelfth Night And The Reformation Of Mourning" she says
many things about Twelfth Night, but a solid part of her article is about foil characters and how
Viola and Olivia foil with each other. She states foil of,"Such a Sebastian" (my emphasis) implies
that father and son were alike in more than name, and Viola's likeness to her brother is therefore
likeness to her father. This twinning, then, is a reminder of the paternal, as is even her evasively
self–duplicating confession of love to Orsino"(Penuel 6). This quote describes Viola and her foil
with Olivia and how her father died, and the resemblance to each other. This article remains full of
proof of foil characters. More data of foil characters are here,"Olivia's dead brother is hard to
distinguish from her father... More important, the brother has duplicated the father, first as protector
and then as decedent. Likewise, although Viola's disguise makes her a mirror image of her brother,
her brother is at least nominally a mirror of their father"(Penuel 6). Penuel has deep credibility to
Twelfth Night in her tremendous article full of beyond useful information that drowns people in
credibility to Viola and Olivia foiling. Penuel continues to discuss and prove foil characters. She
announces,"And paradoxically, he must double the dying–adding his own death to Viola's–in order
to do so. The suicidal duplication renders death less powerful. As significant as the duplication, and
linked to it, is the imagined leap back in history"(Penuel 4). She voices a great scare tactic in this
passage that moves the thought of
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109. Twelfth Night
In Twelfth Night written by William Shakespeare, Viola and Olivia are the central characters to the
play's plot. Both are young women that take approaches to dealing with the people around them,
which are mainly men. There is much trickery that goes on in Twelfth Night, but the ending is for
the most part happy. Viola marries Orsino and Olivia marries Sebastian, but the events leading up to
this are more or less chaotic. Ultimately, I argue that while Olivia uses her higher social status in
order to maintain control of herself and others, Viola resorts to trickery in order to bring about her
desires. Thus, there are ways that Viola and Olivia both strategize to retreat from the world around
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Nobody, in comparison, fell in love with Viola except when she was in man form. Orsino is
eventually content with marrying Viola, but it was not his first choice to do so. Also, we see more of
Viola's male alter ego than her own, authentic female self. She truly does end up fooling male
characters. Particularly important is how such a strong and smart woman as Olivia could fall for the
trick. What does it say that Viola was more valuable when she was a man?
To make it clear, there are reasons why Viola and Olivia retreat the ways they do. Olivia does so
herself because it was the most efficient method to use in order to maintain her personality while
also maintaining control of herself and those below her in social class. Meanwhile, Viola is able to
use her disguise to her advantage since the characters would have reacted completely different if
Viola behaved the way she did as her true female self versus as a male. Thus, her attempt to test
others and make a positive impact on the story's ending is lost without her
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113. Shakespeare Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night, focuses on identity, love, and comedy. While we made
our adaptation to this play, we chose to have a more modern approach. Because we decided on a
modern adaptation, we had to come up with a modern storyline; therefore, there is still love and
confusion about identity. Taking place in 2015 in Los Angeles, Orsino is the number one modeling
agency in the state. Along with a new setting, we have also changed some actions with the
characters, meaning some things that take place in the play are not a part of our storyline (for
example Feste as the Clown). Our adaptation has the potential to be a real movie because it is
realistic. The main purpose behind Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was to entertain, and ... Show more
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In order to achieve this literary device that is major to our movie, we decided to use dramatic irony.
For example, Maria makes a comment about Viola saying that she has a "soft looking feminine
face." Since Maria has not yet figured out that Viola is in fact a man, it adds to the irony. Another
example is when Felix is talking to Viola, who he believes is Caesar, about how Duke Orsino was
only hiring men for the internship. Viola talks about how she was "willing to do anything about it"
(29–30). This works as dramatic irony as well because only Viola and the audience know what Viola
meant by her statement. Viola's willingness to do anything meant that she was willing to disguise
herself as a man. The ironic part is that none of the characters know that Caesar is actually Viola
actually pretending to be a man. Our adaptation of this play can work as a movie because of the way
we decided to set it up. Since we decided to modernize the play, our version of it can easily translate
to screen. It works especially when specific stage directions are added to the script. For example,
one of the stage directions describes that "Viola flashes her I.D. She waits a while before Maria lifts
her eyes from the screen and looks at the I.D.", which is found right under line 4. Simple, yet
straight forward commands like that make it easy for whom ever is reading the script to know
exactly what to do when it comes to acting out a part of the play. But also, because our adaptation is
much more modern, it would make it easy for the play to work as a
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117. Puritans In Twelfth Night
Despite what many may think, being called a Puritan is an insult. Malvolio is the head servant in
Lady Olivia's house; he represents the Puritans in the play Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night is a play
written by William Shakespeare. It is a comedic play about a girl name Viola, who pretends to be a
guy named Cesario, and the love triangle that she is involved in. Malvolio represents the Puritans in
the play Twelfth Night because of his need for power, his attitude, and his opinions. The Puritans
beliefs are very similar to Malvolio's. According to Christine Heyrman a professor at the University
of Delaware, the puritans want to prohibit all vices. Of these vices include gambling, being drunk,
swearing, dressing very showy, and Sabbath–breaking. Sabbath–breaking is when you stop saying
the daily prayer. The puritans believed in getting rid of the corrupt and sinful practices that has taken
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"Marry, sir, sometimes he is kind of puritan" (Shakespeare). Maria said this to Sir Toby and
Andrews after Malvolio interrupted their get–together. Malvolio has many characteristics and
similar beliefs to the puritans. They both want power. "Just think, I could be Count Malvolio!"
(Shakespeare, Twelfth Night) This is part of a little rant that Malvolio had about Sir Toby and how
he would love to marry Lady Olivia so he could be the Count of the house. Malvolio is a very self–
righteous guy, who wants to climb the social ladder. He does not like the class he is in now because
he wants to be in control. This is just like the puritans because they wanted to be in control of the
churches and have the power over what was being taught about the word of God. Malvolio hates Sir
Toby because he is a drunk. This is similar to how to the puritans want to prohibit all the vices,
which include being drunk, along with other things. Malvolio is also a killjoy which is similar to the
puritans because they follow the word of God very
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121. Twelfth Night Olivia
Twelfth Night Character Analysis Essay
A grieving noble soon forgets about her family's death when a new man arrives in her life. She is
Olivia, the receiver of Duke Orsino's affection, and yet pines for someone else. To add more onto
the problem that someone else pines for Orsino. In Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, the
character Olivia changes from a solemn and melancholy countess to a passionate woman as a result
of meeting Cesario.
In the beginning of the story, Olivia is shown as extremely depressed as a result of the death of her
brother and father, to the point of mourning "till seven years' heat... and water once a day her
chamber round with eye–offending brine– all this to season," (Twelfth Night 1.2 28–32). As she
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The noblewoman rashly hands Malvolio to his wrongdoers when she hears "Madam, the young
gentleman of the Count Orsino's returned–" and responding immediately, "I'll come to him,"
(Twelfth Night 3.4 63–65). Olivia does this without hesitance, even with the matter of her servant's
questionable sanity. But the most concluding evidence is when she takes Sebastian's side, thinking
him to be Cesario, over her uncle Toby and even curses at him: "ungracious wrench, / Fit for the
mountains and the barbarous caves, where manners pe'er were preached! Out of my sight–" (Twelfth
Night 4.1 46–51) and then immediately diverting her attention back at Sebastian, "Be not offended,
dear Cesario–" (Twelfth Night 4.1 52) as if he's more important than her kin. In this essay Olivia has
been previously defined as holding family close to her, and yet here she scolds the elder
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125. Twelfth Night Madness
Madness and foolishness make many appearances in Twelfth Night. Feste, the jester in count
Olivia's house states in act 3 scene 1, "foolery, sir, does walk about the ord like the sun; it shines
everywhere." The first appearance of madness in the play is when Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, is
reciting a poem about love. Orsino, instead of showing madness as insanity or a mental illness he
shows it as mad with love. Some have made inferences that the images Orsino creates with the poem
is him hallucinating. Orsino in scene 1 act 1 recites, "If music be the food of love, play on; Give me
excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying
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Because of his rude and bossy actions Maria, Toby, Feste, Andrew, and Fabian made an evil plan.
They planned to trick him and make a fool out of the steward. By making him think Olivia loves
him and that he is a madman, they would sure get their revenge. Maria first wrote a letter to
Malvolio playing as Olivia. The letter is a love poem to Malvolio, claiming she loves him but
wishes to keep it a secret. the letter also asks him to wear yellow stockings and be rude to the
servants, and smile all constantly. Because he thinks it is Olivia he promises to follow her request.
When Malvolio encounter Olivia following the request of the prankster she thinks he's gone mad,
Malvolio says "'Remember who commended thy yellow stockings,'–." Olivia then orders toby and
maria to take care of him. When Maria and Toby are to take care of him they start calling him a
madman possessed by the devil. Maria, Toby, and the others have locked Malvolio in a small dark
chamber and Feste acts like a priest visiting the madman Malvolio. Feste soon realizes the torture
they are putting Malvolio through and gives him resources to write a letter. When he is released
from the mental torture chamber, he states that he will get them back somehow. In act 5 scene 1
Malvolio exclaims, "I'll be revenged on the whole pack of
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129. Twelfth Night Feste
"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness." –Aristotle. Olivia's clown, Feste has a very
intriguing role in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Throughout the play, Feste is a bold and
valiant character who continually makes daring comments towards everybody, including his
mistress. The clown's job is to be silly and crazy but in reality, Feste has the most wisdom and
intelligence of all characters. Feste is also able to delude the other characters in the play using his
wit or a disguise. Feste develops many different traits throughout the play, such as valiance,
brilliance, and deceit, resultantly his thoughts can never be predicted. First off, Feste is a fool and
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He is able to fit the role of somebody else in order to deceive another person. While Malvolio is
innocently imprisoned in a dark room for disrespecting Olivia, Feste says, "Why, it hath bay
windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clerestories toward the south–north are as lustrous as
ebony; and yet compainest thou of obstruction?" (4.2.37–41). This quote comes from Feste, but
during this comment he is disguised as Sir Topas, a priest. This quote is directed to Malvolio who is
trapped in a dark room all alone. Even though Malvolio is not able to see Feste, Feste dresses up as a
priest anyway so he could better fit Sir Topas' role. His costume is unnecessary in the situation, so
he is somewhat deluding himself to believe he is Sir Topas in order to better deceive Malvolio.
While he is speaking to Malvolio, the room that he Malvolio is in is dark, but Feste uses his trickery
to convince Malvolio that the room is actually not dark. Sir Topas is telling Malvolio that the room
he is in, is full of windows and the room is brightly lit but Malvolio is possessed. Since the words
are coming from a priest, Malvolio believes Feste, and is convinced that he has gone mad.
Consequently, Feste is truly able to delude people with the help of his mental and physical
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133. Viola Twelfth Night
Viola is a very interesting and very likable character in the story "Twelfth Night" by William
Shakespeare as she really doesn't have any flawed qualities or misfortune happen to her, as her
brother turned out to be alive, she has a big part in the story. Her decision to dress up as a man really
sets the motion of the story's plot, confessions she did not wish to hear were heard from others and
leads to her having conflicts with them and more. What ends up happening in the story is Viola no
longer wants to be Cesario, she wants to be Viola, as conflicts between her first and second identities
have piled up, and she wants none of it anymore. There are many confessions of love but Viola stays
true to hers all through the story, not changing her feelings because of some events in the story ...
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An example of this would be the feelings of love for the characters, Orsino, him going from loving
Olivia to Viola, Olivia's love hops from Viola to Sebastian. Viola truly holds the feelings of love
towards on set person, Orsino, seen in the quote, "–she pined in thought, And with a green and
yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief. Was not this love
indeed?." (Shakespeare. Act 2, Scene 4). Viola is able to gather thoughts of love, and is able to
easily express her thoughts to Orsino, without fear, but also without being able to tell him that she is
a
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137. Deception In Twelfth Night
In the play "twelfth night" by william Shakespeare the three themes disguise, love,and deception
play major roles. It is the deceptive appearances and deceptive language that allow the characters in
the play to make their way, obtain that which they desire, and play humorous pranks on people. The
mistaken identities cause great confusion within the characters and impel them to behave in ways
they would not under usual circumstances. q q q q q q q q q q q q We find our first display of
deception in the play to come from viola. She has just been in a accident on a ship in a far away
land. She also has the idea that her brother is dead and that she is alone. Now viola is a wealthy
woman in a foreign land and this is dangerous. So she decides ... Show more content on
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When I say importance I am referring to the physical characteristics. What they wear, the unstable
identify , and position in society. Of course Lady Olivia is would never love Malvolio. He is not of
nobility his attitude is crap! Self delusion seems to happen quite a bit with this character. He has
tricked him self into thinking that he could have a chance with a woman of wealth and high class
status. q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q q q q q q q Maria is also a character who has been touched by the love bug. She loves sir toby in
the play. Her and Sir Toby get hitched by plays end off stage. Maria is also the key to Malvolios
downfall. She was the only one close enough to Olivia to copy her hand writing perfectly. She sets
him up with eh dastardly task and styles to act and wear. "f you will then see the fruits of the sport,
mark his first approach before my lady. He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she
abhors, and cross–gartered, a fashion she detests. And he will smile upon her, which will now be so
unsuitable to her disposition, being addicted to a melancholy as she is, that it cannot but turn him
into a notable contempt. If you will see it, follow me."( 2.5.10). ("Twelfth Night." Twelfth Night.
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141. Twelfth Night
Obstacles are found in many situations, especially true love when disguise is involved. The mistaken
identity of one has a powerful effect on the rest of the characters in Shakespeare's twelfth night as it
creates problems for true love. Aside from Shakespeare's others, the play focuses on mistaken
identity/disguise and unrequited love. Disguise truly is an obstacle for true love to prevail in twelfth
night. The obstacle of disguise that occurs in the play will be analyzed by exploring situations,
character's thoughts, and the result of poor decisions made.
Disguise is an obstacle when viola wants to approach somebody but has to hide her true identity.
Viola goes to duke orsino's palace, but is not dressed as her true self. Viola is speaking to the captain
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Olivia speaks to Viola and begins to tell her that she does not want to hear of the Duke anymore.
Olivia: "... how now! Even so quickly may one catch the plague? Me thinks I feel this youth's
perfections with an invisible and suble stealth to creep in at mine eyes. Well, let it be". (1.5.270–
274). Olivia is a bit frustrated now that Viola has come back speaking more of Duke so Olivia tells
Viola that she doesn't want her coming back to talk about Duke, instead Olivia rather have Viola
comeback and talk about herself. Olivia is discussing how she doesn't want Orsino and how she
wants Cesario. Viola try's to cover it up. Olivia: "whither, my lord? Cesario, husband, stay. Duke:
Husband? Olivia: ay husband; can he deny? Duke: Her husband Sirrah? Viola: no my lord, not I".
Olivia fell so in love with Cesario that she now refers to him as husband and when Duke hears this,
he is shocked so Viola try's to cover it up, to protect her relationship with Duke. This is why disguise
caused the wrong characters to fall in love with each other and create
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145. Viola in The Twelfth Night
Who is Viola? Who REALLY is Viola? Viola is a very cunning, smart, and interesting character.
This is shown in Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night, this book is about three different lovers. The
Duke loves Olivia, Olivia loves Cesario/Viola, and Cesario/Viola loves the Duke. Viola is trying to
set up a new life after surviving a shipwreck in which her brother "died." Viola is a cunning lady
with lots of attitude. Viola influences almost every other character as well. She unintentionally tricks
both the Duke and Olivia, she confuses Antonia, who believes she is Sebastian (her brother), and she
confuses her brother, Sebastian, who believed that she was dead. Viola is someone we can all learn
from.
In Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night, Viola is very much like a spy. She knew secret information of
all three people (the Duke, Olivia, and herself) in the love triangle. I have been lead to this
conclusion because of both her knowledge of secrets, and by how she relayed information to and
from the Duke. Many quotes showed her secret knowledge, for example, in act 2 scene 3 "My
master loves her dearly; And I, poor monster, fond as much on him; And she, mistaken, seems to
dote on me." (Lines 15–40) Viola knew of the pickle of love everyone was in before anyone else
figured it out. Also, in act 2 scene 4 (Lines 117–125) Viola said "But let concealment, like worm i'
the bud, Feed on her damask cheek;" In this part of the book, Viola is like a spy because she knows
both how men and how women
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149. Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, performed in 1602, includes many
characters who assume different identities and personalities through the use of disguise. Shakespeare
uses disguises, masks, and mistaken identities to create confusion, internal conflicts, and add a
comical nature to the play. Disguise also illustrates that one's appearance is only an illusion.
Disguise can probe to symbolic in a way that lets readers explore the lack of reality that is evident
when keeping up with public appearances or showing the public what you want them to believe you
embody. Although it can be viewed through a comedic perspective, the issues that it presses allow
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These two losses lead Olivia to swear off men altogether or any other visitors, and Viola seems to
empathize with Olivia's situation when she says: Oh, that I served that lady, And might not be
delivered to the world Till I had made mine own occasion mellow, What my estate is! (1.2.41–44).
Although Viola wishes to serve and work for Olivia so that she can also mourn for her losses, she
cannot serve a lady who refuses to see any visitors. After the captain of the ship tells Violas about
Orsino, Viola decides the only way for her to get close to Olivia, her newly found her, is to find
work within Orsino's household. Viola say to the captain of the ship: Conceal me what I am, and be
my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent. I'll serve this duke. Thou
shalt present me as an eunuch to him.
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153. Twelfth Night Viola
In Act 1 of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Olivia falls for the reinvented identity of Viola, "Cesario",
the character she embodies along with her physical change. During her appearance earlier in the act,
Orsino orders Viola to "unfold the passion of my love"(1.5.27). In the interaction between Olivia
and "Cesario", the actions Viola performs are merely for the expression of her disguise. Even the
compliments where Viola refers to Olivia as "radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable beauty" (1.5.169)
are part of her cover to seem like a gentleman. Her dialogue about love where she explains how "my
lord and master loves you"(1.5.252) and that "if I did love you in my master's flame"(1.5.266) is
only told after Orsino orders Viola to describe his love
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