Viola

romantic comedy about a girl named Viola who has to disguise herself as a man for protection after a shipwreck where she thought she lost her brother. As the play continues Viola develops feelings for the man she works for Orsino although he is a lovesick fool for Olivia who doesn’t want a relationship because she is still mourning over her brother. Orsino asks for Viola’s help to get Olivia to choose him. This doesn’t work in his favor because Olivia starts to fall for Viola. This forms a love…

movie and play, whereas in Twelfth Night, Duke instantly accepts Cesario to be a woman and it is actually unclear what Duke’s sexual orientation is because he still continues to refer to Viola as a boy and never cares to see what Viola really looks like. On the contrary, Duke in the movie still does not believe Viola and even tells her to prove that she is a girl. This is a major difference because a modern audience would not be receptive to Duke if he was gay, or even if his sexual orientation…

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 romantic story of the local Duke Orsino,…

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 Night shines a light on sexuality; however, it's the reader's exploration into Shakespeare's Twelfth…

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 service of Orsino, the Duke, and a part of a love-triangle between herself, Orsino, and Olivia, another…

Viola is from a very different world from Prentisstown. This short haired girl is from a place where everyone is equally and respected. When they travel together, they learn a lot about each other. Viola is kind and believe in people, she is helpful and smart. While Todd is scared, unknown of the world and aggressive. Todd is used to no privacy because of the noise while Viola did not even understand what noise was until she meet Todd. On page 70, when he for the first time meets Viola he said:…

Twelfth Night had four characters in the play that were related. Viola and Sebastian were identical twins; Olivia and Sir Toby were niece and uncle. Viola and Sebastian were separated during a sea storm; Viola had washed ashore of Illyria; Sebastian arrived in Illyria weeks later; the twins thought each other were dead. When Viola washed ashore of Illyria, in order to…

Overseas a woman would not be recognized for her status in her home country; the level of respect received man-to-woman was much less than man-to-man. This created a necessity for Viola to pose as a male to gain access to any aristocratic home while stranded in Illyria. The political history between Illyria and her home country, Messaline, affected Viola’s adjustment after arriving on Illyrian shores. Instead of posing as her twin…

Twelfth Night with the twin characters, Viola and Sebastian. Shakespeare has complicated the gender roles between Viola and Sebastian by cloaking Viola as male, not only through her dialogue (and Sebastian’s as well) but through her persona. Shakespeare chooses this idea in his writing to flow the characterization of these two perplexing individuals who washed up on shore and focused on their arrival to Illyria. From the beginning of Twelfth Night when Viola discovers Illyria to when Sebastian…

In She's the Man, Viola is portrayed as more aggressive while in Twelfth Night, she is carefree being a servant. With She's the Man, Viola's conflict is man vs. man, because the soccer coach canceled the girl's soccer team. It was also man vs. society because…