The family is so strapped for cash that Valeria gets upset at Dunia and Lopez when they turn on the lights during the day. With lighting being such a seemingly simple necessity, the hesitance to use it shows the severity of the financial situation that having the cartels take over their community has put the family and their orchard in to. It is also hard to ignore the classical association of darkness with distress and gloom that seems applicable to this play. The costumes also help to prime the audience to understand each character’s point of view. The plainness of Dunia’s wardrobe contrasted against Maite’s helps to show why their points of view differ; they have different backgrounds and lifestyles.…
In his play Equus, Peter Shaffer weaves a tapestry of myriad emotions and experiences interlaced with insinuating dark and light undertones The juxtaposition of ‘light’ and ‘dark’ (both literal and metaphorical), often captured by the lighting of the stage, typically serves to accentuate the mood of a scene or the stance of a character. This juxtaposition is redolent of a sense of balance between opposing forces that permeates the play. The lighting also serves to ultimately justify the actions of a character from another’s perspective. The opening scene of the play strikes a relatively dark note and is set in ’darkness’ with Alan Strang, the primary protagonist, and his horse, Nugget, in a spotlight.…
Arrogant, unpleasant, and stately, Malvolio from Twelfth Night fills the role of a mean-spirited antagonist and acts as a fool to the other characters. Similar to some of the other characters in the story, Malvolio’s role in life does not match his true nature; Malvolio possesses the demeanor and nature of the aristocrat. One can find evidence in his condescending rhetoric as seen when he describes Feste as “ a barren rascal ” with “ no more brain than a stone”(I.v.9-11). In addition, his moment by himself in the garden shows his inner desires for power and prestige, for he wants “to have the humor of state”(II.v.51). His haughty and overly serious warnings and criticisms of the other characters create tension between him and Toby, Maria,…
The Misconstructed Messages In Twelfth Night The implicit message that stereotypes in Twelfth Night are challenged is misleading. Shakespeare conveys a general message about social issues in their society that is later contradicted in the play. The outsiders of the plotline, Malvolio and Antonio, remain lower class citizens that are taken advantage of by higher class. Olivia acts foolishly, further promoting the weaker women stereotype.…
William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy written around 1601. According to The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night for his “all-male company” (Shakespeare 1187). In which during Shakespeare’s time plays were performed by men acting both the female and male roles. The subtitle What You Will “underscores the celebratory spirit associated with Twelfth Night, the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6)”…
Preforming in act 2 scene 5 in Twelfth Night, I was able to get a more in depth view of Sir Andrew’s character and therefore empathize with him more. I was able to narrow in on just Andrew’s lines and view the world from his perspective, as opposed to reading the book as a whole. Toby, Fabian, and Andrew, along with Maria, write a fake letter in the style of Olivia’s handwriting that falsely confesses Olivia’s love for Malvolio. They leave the letter for the thoughtless Malvolio to find and Toby, Fabian and Andrew hide behind a bush to watch his reaction. Before he finds the letter, Malvolio imagines scolding Toby about his drunkenness and admonishing him for wasting the treasure of his time “with a foolish knight.”…
In this unit we focused on the story of King Lear, one of Shakespeare 's many plays. King Lear is based on a real story that was written in the year 1135 from a book called History of the King of Britain. King Lear was based on a Celtic legend. The name Lear in Celtic means the Celtic God of the sea. He is similar to the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon.…
The play, Twelfth Night or What You Will, has many parts that contribute to the plot of the story and helps it get put together. One key element seen throughout the play is the deceptiveness of apperences, or in other words, how people hide who they really are in the story. This is used throughout the play for various reasons, either to protect oneself or to try to get a better understanding of your surrondings. Not only that, but disguises are used to help with the plot and to help keep the book going. This is seen at the beginning of the play, as Viola and the rest of the shipwreck survivors get to shore and they try to get a better view of the results of the disaster.…
We should be receptive to the notions of Gender and Shakespeare an outstanding job of spreading this message to educate people through his literary work. However, it is up to us as students, performers and actors/actresses, to appropriately relay this message forward in our theatrical performances. Through the gift of theatre, which is no doubt a cultural phenomenon, we have the ability to teach one-another about power relationships and social change. In addition, Twelfth Night is more than a comedic play, the theme of Gender in Performance teaches us about people, places and ideas that we are not always exposed to.…
The most prominent motif in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the motif of light and dark. In this famous tragedy, beauty is often associated with light. Before Romeo meets Juliet his world is described as dark, gloomy and depressed, after he meets her, however, it is evident that Juliet brings him light. Essentially, Juliet is the healer of Romeo’s depression. The motif of light and dark in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is shown to change over the course of five acts.…
In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, music is inserted at numerous places to set different moods. Music also helps building vivid characters. This function of music in the play especially applies for Feste, the Feste, whom has an obligation is to sing for the nobilities. Majority of the singing in the play are done by Feste. Although most of the songs are “called for”, upon someone else’s request, they still reflect Feste's personalities in a unique way by contrasting with the personality he shows when he’s not performing.…
The University of Alabama Theatre and Dance Department’s version of Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare, was absolutely amazing! I have never seen a show quite like it. It was unique in its very own way. Every aspect of the show worked together perfectly. I love how the director, Seth Jones, put his own twist on the script.…
Shakespeare addresses the positive and negative qualities of humanity through his play Twelfth Night. Although, the audience can see the characters mocking negative human behaviour by showing the fickle nature of love, characters choosing immoral decisions, and the corrupt behavior that is present in this play. Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night utilizes characters, such as Olivia, Maria, and Sir Toby to show the negativity of human behaviour. Olivia demonstrates the fickle nature of love through her unrealistic act of falling in love within minutes. Sir Toby displays a negative human quality of his immoral behaviour and decision making by carelessly using others for his own needs.…
Danielle Siboni Theatre 325 10/21/7 Twelfth Night Backwards and Forwards Analysis Act 5 Scene 1: Orsino discovers Viola is actually a girl and will marry her and Sebastian and Oliva end up getting married as well. Act 4 Scene 3: Sebesation is trying to make sense of what has happened and Olivia ends up asking Sebastian to marry him and he agrees. Act 4 Scene 2: Maria and Sir Toby have locked Malvolio up in a dark chamber to cure his madness. Act 4 Scene 1:Feste runs to get Olivia, who stops the fight, then Olivia asks Sebastian to return with her to her house, he does.…
She can see through other people's disguises or flaws, that not even they are able to spot. Some characters are deceived about their true nature. An example of this is that Orsino sees himself becoming "one self same king" of Olivia's "sweet perfections", fulfilling her sexual desire, thought and feeling ("liver, brain and heart"). He naively believes that he is in love with Olivia when he has never really spoken with…