Shakespeare addresses the positive and negative qualities of humanity through his play Twelfth Night. Although, the audience can see the characters mocking negative human behaviour by showing the fickle nature of love, characters choosing immoral decisions, and the corrupt behavior that is present in this play. Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night utilizes characters, such as Olivia, Maria, and Sir Toby to show the negativity of human behaviour. Olivia demonstrates the fickle nature of love through her…
have thought out the design greatly because it is bursting with plenty of elements and principles of design. The design aspects of this painting are great and lead you all over the place to give you a story and understanding of the painting. Starry Night has many design elements and principles. Van Gogh used the primary triad in this painting. Blue is heavily used throughout the whole piece. Yellow is used mostly in the top part of the painting and the accented through the lower part of the…
Conflicts Essay: Twelfth Night or, What You Will There are internal and external conflicts in the Twelfth Night that make a person want to keep reading to see what is going to happen next. The way Shakespeare wrote this play creates a lot of confusion and conflict that makes it more interesting. When reading the play it begins with conflict and it makes a person think how will this conflict and confusion be resolved in the end? This romantic comedy is about love of course, and all of the…
The Twelfth Night: Gender Roles and Disguise Shakespeare often wrote his characters to portray literal and figurative disguises in order to accomplish some sort of goal. This idea was exemplified and prevalent in The Twelfth Night; a Shakespearean comedy written between 1599 and 1601. In this play, the main protagonist, Viola, disguises herself upon arrival to the country of Illyria to search for her brother, Sebastian, who was lost and thought to be dead after a shipwreck and storm. She…
At the end of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the characters end up with something they weren’t seeking despite the happy marriages because the characters push aside their original feelings. Orsino’s undying love for Olivia vanishes at the end of the play when he marries Viola at the drop of a hat. Olivia’s love for Viola or “Cesario” is disregarded when she marries Sebastian. Malvolio wants Olivia’s affection but he truly desires a higher social ranking. Spontaneity is part of love's irrationality…
In the play, Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare viola survives a shipwrecked where she was separated from her twin brother, not knowing if he is dead or alive, in Illyria. Being as resourceful as viola is she decides to cross dress as a man and take a job at Duke Orinos court. This shows that viola is able to adapt to different things. She had a well-orchestrated plan in a foreign place, and that she is a strong character. “O, then unfold the passion of my love, Surprise her with discourse…
The Three Stages of Madness: The Essence of Twelfth Night Throughout history, madness has been used as a scapegoat to blame people for attempting to break the social standards in a society. In fact, ones who break those social constructs can never achieve a happy ending, as society deems them mad. In Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, after Viola has been shipwrecked in a violent storm off the coast of Illyria and disguises herself as a boy, she, thus disguised becomes a messenger in the…
The comic subplots in Shakepeare’s Twelfth Night and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus function in the overall structures of the plays in many ways. Specifically, I argue that they parallel the main plot, emphasizing the theme of self-love that dominates the main plot. Within Twelfth Night, the emphasis that is placed on the theme of self-love is prominent from the moment the play begins. For example, it opens with the following speech by Orsino to himself: “If music be the food of love, play on/Give me…
The play, Twelfth Night or What You Will, has many parts that contribute to the plot of the story and helps it get put together. One key element seen throughout the play is the deceptiveness of apperences, or in other words, how people hide who they really are in the story. This is used throughout the play for various reasons, either to protect oneself or to try to get a better understanding of your surrondings. Not only that, but disguises are used to help with the plot and to help keep the…
Twelfth Night Analytical Essay In the context of the Renaissance, our female main character Viola is considered to be intelligent and witty. She should be the perfect combination of beauty and rational. Since she fell in love with the Duke, Viola decided to dress as a man to approach Orsino. The Duke soon appreciates Viola’s words and her wisdom reactions. Even, eventually, she gets the Duke’s love. But a great girl like Viola also has her moment of being foolish. After Viola heard the…