William Shakespeare enjoys presenting the discussion of “climbing classes” within many of his works. This certainly includes his play, Twelfth Night, which is interpreted in the modern film She’s The Man. Both the film and Shakespeare expose the main character, Viola, as an animated and determined woman that pursues her desires despite the consequences. Although she is challenged continuously by her sexuality, she overcomes this by means of self-fashioning. Throughout She’s The Man, Viola consistently self-fashions herself as a tenacious woman, who confronts the literal and social expectations of being a woman. After the girls’ soccer team is discontinued at her current school, Cornwall, Viola is prepared to go to great lengths in order
