Illyria

Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, explores the effects of deception and trickery. Shakespeare’s characters are unaware the world they see is an illusion. Shakespeare sets the stage for a comedic adventure through Illyria starring conspiracy and intrigue. Niccolò Machiavelli, on the other hand, is attempting to shed light on how politics works in the world through The Prince. Machiavelli presents disturbing truths about the behavior of humanity, thus earning himself sinister notoriety.…

a deep, honest Love, contrary to popular belief. Twelfth Night is a story that follows a woman named Viola who, shipwrecked, washes ashore and decides to disguise herself as a man named Cesario. Cesario becomes a servant to Orsino, the Duke of Illyria. Viola,…

She’s The Man, or shall i say “the original love triangle”, is a teenage film adaptation of William shakespeare's Twelfth Night which was written in 1601. The film was a good comedic version of shakespeare’s work, one scene that stands out is when Viola juggles between being herself and Sebastian at the carnival. For example, when she has to change in various places throughout the carnival provides serious comedic relief and shows how hard it really is to be two people. This entire scene reveals…

Twelfth Night is a play which does not end happily for all its characters. Did this add to or take away from your enjoyment of the end of the play? In the concluding act of ‘Twelfth Night’, Act Five, there is a mix of emotions for all of the characters. During closing stages of the play, several of the characters are unhappy and confused, whilst others are happy and excited. During the play, one of the main themes is unrequited love. This always means that some would end up being unhappy…

Shocking News about The Apples of Hesperides The thing that stood out mainly to me in this article was when Hercules was not known for all of his work he has done. This is awfully shocking because Eurystheus didn’t really credit him for all of his work he did from when he was with Hydra. How could Hera give the apples to Zeus after all Hercules had to do to become a hero? But not only that, he didn’t know where his garden was due to his first situation. So in order to figure out where…

William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night takes place in the kingdom of Illyria, where twin brother and sister Sebastien and Viola become shipwrecked, both assuming the other is dead. Viola, a young woman with slight features similar to those of her brother, decides to disguise herself as a eunuch and calls herself Cesario in order to serve the Duke Orsino, for whom she falls deeply in love. However, when her brother Sebastien shows up in Orsino’s court, the plot implodes into a mess of confusion…

Orsino’s misunderstanding of love. He realizes what he expects from love is only with Viola, his true love. Olivia and Orsino are not compatible at all. From the play Twelfth Night, the readers understand Orsino is a powerful nobleman in the city Illyria. Throughout the entire play, the majority of the time Orsino laments because Olivia refuses his love. However, he does not do anything about it other than sending one his attendants and continues his grief. In the play, Orsino seemed like he…

Movie Analysis of She’s the Man The film, She’s the Man, centers around Viola, a high school tomboy who plays soccer. In the beginning of the movie she finds out the very heart breaking news that the women’s soccer team has been cut from her high school because by the male dominated administration because not enough girls signed up to play. Viola comes up with a great idea and proposes it to the boy’s soccer coach. She asks him if the girls can try out for the boy’s team. After asking this…

After all the inadvertent gayness, cases of mistaken identity, and awkward sexual tension present in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, our protagonist, Viola, finds herself preparing for the marriage festivities at the end the final act. Heteronormativity has been reinstated with the correcting of the vaguely gendered parings: Viola finally gets to be with her darling Duke Orsino, and Olivia seems pleased with her replacement Cesario, Sebastian. A deeper analysis of the play, however, proposes that…

Deception through appearance is a literary device comedies use to entertain their audience and create the plot and additional subplots of the storyline. In Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night the character Viola lands on the shores of Illyria after being involved in a shipwreck. Furthermore, she disguises herself as Cesario to serve for the local Duke, Orsino. In Billy Wilder’s movie Some Like it Hot Joe and Jerry disguise as women to join an all-female band which is headed to Miami. Through the…