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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…

Everyone, at some point in their life, will be tested with a crisis that challenges their morals and are forced to make nearly impossible decisions. Although people will be pressured and persuaded, the choice is ultimately theirs to choose between two primary influences: the heart and the mind. Some believe the best way to cope with strenuous situations is to strategize and think logically. However, others lean towards following their heart and embracing their emotions. As seen in William…

Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare, is about a love triangle between Duke Orsino, Viola, and the Countess Olivia where Orsino is trying to woo Olivia, who refuses his advances because she is mourning the death of her brother; Viola is in love with Orsino, but can’t show her affection since she is disguised as a man; and Olivia is in love with Viola disguised as Cesario. After all sorts of different complications getting in between their love for each other, Olivia marries Viola’s…

Understanding Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of his most beloved plays. There are several notable themes that construct the play that makes the play great. Many elements within the play take on what it was like during Shakespeare's time, while others focused on political commentary. The play talks about the main character Viola and her disguise as a man, while look for her brother Sebastian. Her disguise creates a lot of misperception; many would say that Twelfth…

In The Namesake, a lot of the characters struggle with who they really are because they feel the weight of different cultures, different traditions, and different dreams. For example, Gogol is split between the Indian traditions of his parents and the American culture that he grows up in. Gogol shares the same struggles as his sister, and wife. Each character in the story faces a choice: whether or not to integrate into American culture. They all struggle with this decision through the…

doesn’t seem to get the hint that she doesn’t love him back, so he keeps trying, hoping to one day win her love and she’ll show him love and affection like how she did with her brother. In Act 3, Scene 4 Olivia asks Maria to fetch Malvolio to advise her Maria replies that Malvolio seems to have gone mad, for he does nothing but smile. But she sends Maria to fetch him anyway, Olivia then remarks that she herself feels just “as mad as he, if sad and merry madness equals be” (Shakespeare 3.4.14-5).…

Tom’s decision to abruptly leave his family, literally in the dark, comes from a place of weakness. A strong person would have made worked hard, made sacrifices, and made arrangements for the loved ones he was going to leave behind. When Tom sees Malvolio the Magician escape from the nailed coffin without disrupting a single nail he interprets…

Mario. The letters could’ve also been an acronym that means something more exclusive between the sender and intended recipient. Yes, your name does include all of them, but not in that explicit order and so for you to infer that their meaning is Malvolio without any other information in regards to the goal is quite foolish. You also cannot be completely certain that Olivia was its author because you identified her as the creator of the composition when you exclaim, “By my life this is my lady’s…

counterparts?’. Shakespeare’s idea of femininity plays a role in each of the themes which are; Love, Gender, and Deception. The main characters that this drama is centralized upon are: Olivia, Viola, Orsinio, and Sebastian. The minor characters are; Malvolio, Antonio, Andrew Aguecheek, Maria, and Sir Toby Belch. Viola arrives in Illyria because she separated from her twin brother Sebastian. She was rescued at sea by the Captain and now is in need of a job. She wants to work for Olivia, but…

Thesis: Through the symbolism of the twins Viola and Sebastian in Shakespeare’s 12th Night, love can be seen as an unyielding force and can be found in unintentional and mysterious ways. Body Paragraph #1: Viola falls in love with Orsino, after he talks about her qualities, or being similar to a woman, of course, unknowingly that she actually is a woman. P #1: Viola masquerades as a man with the name of Cesario in order to make something of herself. She goes to work for the Duke Orsino, who…