Night Essay

Shakespeare is known for his history in literature. In every book he has written, the drama that occurs engages the audience. In the play Twelfth Night, there are various parts where drama is created through the forms of betrayal . Throughout this play I, learned that honesty can prevent betrayal just like misunderstandings can create betrayal. Although there were many forms of betrayal demonstrated towards the end of the play, there was only one friendship in the form of betrayal between the…

suffering, such a deadly life, in your denial I would find no sense; I would not understand it...Make me a willow cabin at your gate, and call upon my soul within the house; write loyal cantons of contemned love and sing them loud even in the dead of night; halloo your name to the reverberate hills and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out 'Olivia!' O, you should not rest between the elements of air and earth, but you should pity me!” (Shakespeare, 1.5) “Cesario” won her over with that,…

In the play Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare, we learn its comparison to a movie titled She's the Man directed by Andy Fickman. Both the play and the movie are very similar in the case that the main characters name is Viola. The movie illustrates the need for Viola to play for and be accepted by a soccer team. In the play, Viola is shipwrecked and is searching to find a viable source of income in a part of the world she doesn't know. In both adaptations, Viola dresses as a boy to…

William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night alludes to a variety of themes that commonly include false identity, role-playing, and love. The general plot of the play could be described as a cross-dressing comedy about a woman, Viola, who tries to gain the attention and love of a Duke, Orsino, with obstacles along the way, including Olivia, the Duke’s love interest. The themes mentioned are developed and sometimes scrutinized by the play’s characters, such as Orsino, Olivia, and Feste the clown. In…

Perusal of the themes concerning the various duplicities and deceptions exemplified In William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Although most people see deception as a destructive force, in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night it is used as a unifier as well as a divider. This fact is exemplified strongly in the characters Viola, Maria, and Orsino. In William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night a duke named Orsino longs for the love of Nobel Woman named Olivia, she, her servant Maria and Malvolio live…

Relationship Contrasts in Twelfth Night In his play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare plays with identity when it comes to gender and to love. As the paths of his various characters cross, it becomes clear that he is writing relationships where romantic relationships are weak, but family and master/servant relationships are strong. A strong relationship is the master/servant relationship between Sebastian and Antonio. Antonio heals up Sebastian after the shipwreck, and he is very devoted to…

Some humans, are in love with other people and others are just in love with the idea of love. In the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, depending on the characters and their attractions to another, love is simultaneously blind as well as clear. Viola is in love with Orsino even though Orsino is blind to her love because he thinks she is a young man. Duke Orsino has blind love for Olivia because he is in love with the idea of love. Antonio clearly has strong affectionate feelings toward…

The human personality is always changing, and to trust that a personality is stagnant tends to show ignorance. In William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” the fluidity of identity is revealed by the shifting characters and emotions throughout the play. However, two characters in the play parody the shallow nature of stagnancy. In the first act of the play, the reader meets Olivia, a wealthy noblewoman that is in mourning of her brother and father who have recently died. To each of her other…

In the play “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare, there is a lot of deception and deceivery. Some of it is for necessity, Some for another’s benefit, and even some of it is just for fun. I will be explaining some of the trickery that goes on throughout the play. Viola most likely deceives the most people by disguising herself as a man, not as a way to manipulate people and get what she wants, but she does it as a way of survival. She originally did it so she could get a job performing and…

Twelfth Night to She’s the Man In the comedy play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare explores the key idea of Hidden Identity through his characterisation of Viola and Duke Orsino. He also explores how in some situations girls/boys have to dress or pretend to be someone they’re not to fit into society. This idea has been transformed into a modern day context in the Andy Fickmans film She’s the Man. She used the same characters that were in both texts but placed in a new setting and a new…