The Twelfth

at the low point. The main point is that humans are an emotional animal and at the end of your day, your heart leads to the correct decision. That’s the case with Twelfth Night that everyone in the play was on an emotional roller coaster and eventually most of them reached their destinations with or without their knowledge. In Twelfth Night, Viola followed her heart and it leads to a happy ending at the end of the story. As Sir Andrew shouted, “He has broken my head across and has given Sir…

Love is a basic human emotion that creates conflict within the people. Twelfth Night, a 1605 play, written by William Shakespeare focuses on various types of love. The following types of love are repetitive throughout the play; familial, hidden, friendship, unrequited love. The characters variety of relationships portrays different types of affection throughout Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night had four characters in the play that were related. Viola and Sebastian were identical twins; Olivia and…

Many factors form success. It is defined by happiness, life achievements and importance within society. In the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, characterization is a principal element of the literature. The audience is introduced to Antonio, a sea captain who saved Sebastian, brother of Viola, then followed him to Illyria, regardless of being a wanted person in the country. Throughout the comedy, he presents many valuable attributes, however, does not receive a happy ending. Despite…

In Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, many soliloquies and monologues are spoken in order give important depth and details about the characters and the upcoming plot. In 1.5, a young man goes to deliver a very important message from the Duke Orsino, to a young woman Olivia, professing his undying love. Unbeknownst to the Duke, this young man Cesario is actually a woman dressing up as a man. He goes along living life depicting a man; portraying himself as very youthful, as an explanation for…

In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night or What You Will, femininity plays an essential role in the major themes of this drama. Femininity derives from the traits that people perceive of one another. Femininity poses questions like; ‘What does it mean to be female?’ or ‘What lengths do females have to take to be perceived in a likely standing as their male counterparts?’. Shakespeare’s idea of femininity plays a role in each of the themes which are; Love, Gender, and Deception. The main characters that…

Arrogant, unpleasant, and stately, Malvolio from Twelfth Night fills the role of a mean-spirited antagonist and acts as a fool to the other characters. Similar to some of the other characters in the story, Malvolio’s role in life does not match his true nature; Malvolio possesses the demeanor and nature of the aristocrat. One can find evidence in his condescending rhetoric as seen when he describes Feste as “ a barren rascal ” with “ no more brain than a stone”(I.v.9-11). In addition, his moment…

From the quill of esteemed playwright, William Shakespeare, comes the comedy, Twelfth Night, a play often credited as one of the first to examine the complex dynamics of gender and how it is performed. In Act I, Scene V, Viola, dressed as Cesario, meets Olivia for the first time and begins to unravel the complex inner-workings of an interesting dynamic between the two of them. Following a beautiful deliverance of Duke Orsino’s message, Cesario improvises an eloquent speech about how he would…

Hercules has returned to King Eurystheus with Cerberus after completing his twelfth labor. He is exhausted, but the King, who is hiding in his urn, gives Hercules one more labor Hercules finds out he must trick the Merdra into giving him a valuable pearl. The Merdra is a seven headed creature that lives in the depth of the Mediterranean Sea. It is hard to defeat Because no mortal weapon can pierce her thick scales. It also lives so deep in the ocean that no human being can hold their breath long…

Choice define themselves with actions, but actions will only occur with the inspiration to do so. Dreams and Goals are what satisfy the need for inspiration. Throughout “Twelfth Night”, Olivia and Viola are both in mourning, but while one decides to hide away from the public eye for 7 years, One has the inspiration to keep one going and is even willing to Cross-dress in order to work for the Duke of Illyria. The reason? Inspiration to move on from the death of a close sibling. Or at least of the…

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare presents the difference between love and infatuation. Characters such as Antonio and Viola are shown as deeply caring and selfless, exhibiting true love with their actions, while other characters, such as Olivia and Orsino, display the self-centeredness of infatuation. The play shows that infatuation is self-centered and often involves strong but short-lived passion and emotion, whereas love is focused not on the self but on the person who is loved, and it…