Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night Today, women struggle less in regards to their rights and freedom. In the play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare shows the different ways that women struggle more than men. In Twelfth Night, women struggle more than men through their independence, work and education, and power. In Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare proves that women struggle through their independence. Women were believed to be incapable of taking care of themselves. They were believed to be weak and emotional,…

the characters in the play “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare. “Twelfth Night” is the story of Viola a shipwrecked survivor who disguise herself as a man named Cesario, for protection and to obtain employment by Duke Orsino: the most powerful duke of Illyria. The play shows the adventure of Viola as Cesario, especially the love triangle that was developed between Orsino, Viola, and Olivia. To make things worse olivia’s steward, Malvolio,…

Viola hints at her true identity in the first scene of act three in Twelfth Night saying to Olivia: “I am not what I am” (Shakespeare 211). However, it is not just the fictional Viola who masquerades as something she is not. Women were not allowed on stage in Elizabethan England, thus requiring prepubescent boys to act as females (Charles 123). These boys acted as women on stage, and a confusion of character development and intent of these actors stems from cross-dressing. Boys were acting as…

The following analysis will describe how Act 2, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s twelfe night is an early depiction of homosexuality in literature. Shakespeare approaches homosexuality with a comedic perspective as opposed to a politically charged perspective. This is a sign that this piece of theater’s point is to use these themes to create amusement rather than use them as a representation of the cultural attitude towards same-sex relations in the 16th century. The first indicator of same-sex…

In “Twelfth Night,” there’s an abundant amount of characters, who, like people today, are filled with flaws. By incorporating their faults in the play, Shakespeare makes it so that even one character’s mistake can twist the rest of the roles situations. Throughout “Twelfth Night,” two prominent characters in the play, Orsino and Olivia, show particular forms of egotism: foolishness and self-absorption. Even though these negative traits affect their decisions, it also emanates many complications…

In Twelfth Night, a play written by William Shakespeare, morals are a highlighted part of each character’s temperament, in the play, characters’ who have bad morals are treated poorly. An imperative part of a personality is one’s morals; morals isolate people from being obedient and disobedient. There are four humours that the characters are categorized into, they include: phlegmatic, melancholic, choleric, and sanguineous. Some of male characters who represent three of these humours are Sir…

without realizing it, she stated the message that Shakespeare wished for us to grasp in his comedy, The Twelfth Night. In a day and age when marriages can last for seventy two days and some individuals consider a casual night together to be romantic, it can be hard to discern what the differences between lust driven passion and patient love are. Shakespeare's celebrated play, The Twelfth Night, aids us to distinguish the contrast between selfless love, and self-seeking infatuation. One of the…

Miscommunication is a key theme in both Antigone and Twelfth Night, or What You Will that causes people misinterpret what the other person actually means as well as the collapse of others and themselves. In Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, miscommunication steers misinterpretation and the downfall of people, especially when that person is in deep love, as seen when Creon is confused about his sons threat to not let Antigone die alone and Haemon is…

embracing their emotions. As seen in William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night, along with the remarkable account of Malala Yousafzai, the heart and mind will coexist to steer through the obstacles life creates. Some of the overlooked characters in Twelfth Night are genuinely brilliant, though they develop complex personalities through their actions. Maria, a clever…

explain. Love is having an intense feeling based on a whole of a person and their traits, while lust is only an attraction for one or a few of their traits. Twelfth Night takes place in the imaginary region of Illyria, which is on the Adriatic Coast. This region is ruled by the love sick Duke Orsino. The title is a reference to the Twelfth Night of the Christmas celebration(January,6) when The Three Wise Men gave gifts to baby Jesus. In this play there are a few examples of lust. First,…