Andrew Aguecheek

play’s foundation of ignorance in Malvolio, Olivia, Sir Andrew, Orsino, Viola, and Antonio, among others. At our introduction to Olivia, Feste declares her a fool, a harbinger of her impending gullibility. “The lady bade take away the fool; therefore, I say again, take her away” (1.5.8-49). So convinced is Feste of his assessment that he boldly asks her permission to justify the claim: “Good Madonna, give me leave to prove you a fool” (1.5.53-54), which Shakespeare does through the course of the play. We see his prognostication carried out by Olivia. One demonstration of Olivia’s ignorance comes in her unfounded infatuation with the apparent young man, Cesario, whom we know to be Viola in the guise of a man. “I am a gentleman” (1.5.268), Viola impersonates. “I’ll be sworn thou art” (1.5.280), Olivia gulls herself in exposition. Olivia is also completely blind towards her own steward’s intentions. She misinterprets Malvolio’s scorn of Feste. “O, you are sick of self-love, Malvolio” (1.5.86), Olivia scolds. In reality, Malvolio is secretly in love not with himself, but with Olivia, as comes to bear in his professions of love in 3.4. Her ignorance sets her up for unhappiness; she unknowingly leads on her most trusted servant, then falls in love with a man who is really a woman with a fictitious name and a hired personality. Sir Andrew Aguecheek is led on by Sir Toby in many abuses due solely to the fact that Sir Andrew is so gullible. He knows himself to be simple…

many emotions, as Sir Toby Belch seems to turn against Sir Andrew Aguecheek more and more as one goes deeper into the book. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are introduced to the readers as good friends in scene three. The first time Sir Toby makes fun of Sir Andrew, Sir Andrew talks about his hair being nice to which Sir Toby responds with “Excellent; it hangs like flax on a distaff and I hope to see a housewife take thee between her legs, and spin it off thee” (Shakespeare I.iii.95-97) which ultimately…

The romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing a play by William Shakespeare, showcases how deception can be viewed in more than one manner. These deceptions rely on the sender, and their tricks and lies can come with good intentions. This play celestially reveals how characters are deceived and how the tricks uncover their emotions, and why they behave in a certain manner. The use of lies and deception in Much Ado About Nothing highlights the idea that tricks and plans are not just for villains…

Character Analysis Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night, a comedic play, written by Shakespeare, eloquently develops unique traits, actions, and dialogue for each character to defy roles. Throughout the play, there are clear examples that convey the characteristics and the use of Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the play. He is the clueless, cowardly character who is used by other characters to create a humorous scene and plot, and the vehicle Shakespeare used to prove the stupidity of the royal class. In…

Character Analysis Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night, a comedic play, written by Shakespeare, eloquently develops unique traits, actions, and dialogue for each character to defy roles. Throughout the play, there are clear examples that convey the characteristics and the use of Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the play. He is the clueless, cowardly character who is used by other characters to create a humorous scene and plot, and the vehicle Shakespeare used to prove the stupidity of the royal class. In…

1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than 30,000 were left.” This decrease was due to the idea that “our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent.” Once the cotton gin was established in 1793 and more slaves were needed as well as land because of the climate needed to grow cotton. In order to obtain that land, they needed to remove Indians. In 1823 the Supreme Court ruled that their “right of discovery” is more important than Indians “right of occupancy.” …

Social Conditions in “Meet You In Hell” Les Standiford’s 2005 “Meet You In Hell” biography of two men, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, recalls the events after and before the bloody incident that occurred on July of 1892. The incident involving the steelworkers and Pinkerton, so called detectives, from the steel manufacturing plant in Homestead Pennsylvania came to be known as “the deadliest clash between workers and owners in American labor history” (Standiford, 28). After the dust had…

Carnegie Steel Corporation, the second being labor; the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel workers. Working conditions were severely poor, with long hours and little pay. “As William Livingstone said: harder work, longer hours, less pay and no security: ‘New machinery is constantly displacing the men…The longer days came in soon after the strike. Sunday work was a later development. Under the twelve hour day men have no time to themselves. The work is hard and hot…The heat is…

peaceful if the northern aggression of a revolution had not taken place. Ultimately though the Union plowed through the Confederacy and destroyed everything that they could lay their hands on. In the end after the last show as fired, the south was mortally wounded and the southern men limped back their plantations and farms defeated and without purpose. The process of Reconstruction was a novel idea but it had no fail safe and thus the blacks were left out in the cold without any real plan of…

However, on April 15, 1865, America was forever changed. Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction and peace following the Civil War were destroyed, leaving the racist and oppressive President Andrew Johnson to take over. Booth’s actions had cultural, historical, and social consequences on America. John Wilkes Booth impacted the United States by assassinating one of the most loved presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Without his actions, the world would be different because Lincoln would have gone on to do…