Misinterpretations Of Love In Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare

     Unlike the other characters in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Viola's feelings of love are genuine. She is not mistaken about Orsino's true nature and loves him for who he really is, while the other characters in the play seem to be in love with an illusion. Viola's love for Orsino does not alter during the play, nor is it transferred to another person.

In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, there is a recurring theme of people hiding their real identity. First, there are cases of deception, such as Tranio pretending to be Lucentio, Lucentio pretending to be a Latin tutor, Hortensio pretending to be a music tutor. More complex than these obvious examples of deception are Shakespeare’s clever uses of psychological masks. Several characters in the play take on roles that do not agree with their personalities. The psychological masks that they wear are not immediately apparent to the audience, or even to the characters themselves, until they are unmasked through the course of the play. Shakespeare mostly uses this device with the characters of Katherina, Bianca,

In “Twelfth Night”, disguise is a key theme in order for the play to take shape. Within the first three scenes, we have several examples of characters deliberately deceiving others in order to achieve a selfish goal. An example of this is seen through Viola’s decision to disguise herself as a eunuch in order to find favour with the duke.

Almost all of the characters in this play either perform some sort of identity deception or are tricked by someone else that is disguised. Viola’s concealment and the resulting chaos are crucial to the development of the plot, and some of the most important elements. Without the use of disguise, there would be little adventure or conspiracy and Shakespeare would not have been able to generate enough distraction and internal struggle in his characters, thus, disguise is the a major basis for his entire

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Examine how Shakespeare presents love in Act 1 Scene 1 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

“In the End, All Disguises Must Drop” (Maguire #) Disguises are fake and they cause many misunderstandings. Happiness and peace only comes when one decides to reveal the truth. In William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night, there is a hidden truth that is unveiled which then resolves problems and unites lovers. Viola, disguises as a young man, causes confusion throughout the play; this results in powerful emotions. Love, loss and betrayal are caused by Viola’s disguise.

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In the play twelfth night, Shakespeare covered three types of love : Lust, true love and brotherly love. Love is one of the most confusing and most misunderstood emotions that we as humans posses. Love is an extremely diverse emotion which is why it was used as the main topic in twelfth night.

Lastly, the love story between Zina Mertz and the protagonist Fyodor centralizes the main theme of love within the novel. As any love story, this one has a beginning and Fyodor describes their first meeting moderately and mentions her 'graceful languor' (148) and her sullenness. But when his desire grows in him, it is with an anxious hope and expectation that he waits for her, as he writes "Waiting for her arrival. She was always late – and always came by another road than he." (164), going on as follows: "She always unexpectedly appeared out of the darkness, like a shadow leaving its kindred element." (164) What characterizes love Fyodor feels for Zina is neither friendship (as with Yasha), nor mere idealization (as with his father) but desire,

Deception and disguise are two key themes in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. As in most comedies, Twelfth Night celebrates different forms of disguise and deception in order to make the play more entertaining. It also develops a strong connection between the main plot (with Viola, Orsino, Olivia, and the others) and the sub-plot (involving Sir Andrew, Sir Toby, Malvolio, and Maria). Disguise and deception appear in many different ways throughout the story.

In Twelfth Night, Feste asks the “most simple and at the same time most complex of questions,” “What is Love?” (The English Review). Some people believe that love is easy, effortless, and leads to fairytale endings. However, in Twelfth Night, Shakespeare shows the other side of love. Love is not a simple feeling, and it is a confusing emotion which leads to heartbreak, or pure happiness. These two polar opposites are derived from either true or false love. Shakespeare portrays the idea that love is not always easy, and differentiates between false and true love in Twelfth Night.

In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, a literary technique known as “doubling” is used to convey entertainment, mystery and reality as the story line for Lysander and Demetrius, Helena and Hermia, Oberon and Theseus, and Titania and Hippolyta. ”Doubling” shows indistinguishable personalities of each character but completely contrapositive background stories and actions. Lysander and Demetrius are completely identical except for their personality, actions, and the fact that Egeus and Theseus do not approve of Lysander as Hermia’s spouse. Helena and Hermia are very alike except for the minor differences in their appearances. The third doubling relationship is shown in between the rulers of the different worlds who are Oberon and Theseus as well as Titania and Hippolyta. Throughout the play, three pairs of people who are all tantamount to each other in appearance but completely different in actions continue to have comedic and humorous scenes while hidden clues along the way disclose information to unveil a delightful and realistic story.

Would you ever fall for someone you’d just met? In 12th Night by Shakespeare many forms of love are displayed, however each character falls in love through love at first sight. Although many people argue whether Shakespeare is supporting or mocking love at first sight in 12th Night, it is clear that Shakespeare supported the concept through the relationships of Olivia and Cesario, Sebastian and Olivia, and Orsino and Olivia.

In the play twelfth Night, Shakespeare explore and portray love and its emotion in a different and confusing way. Love is defined as the strong feelings and the abstraction toward someone, but Shakespeare seem to do not believe in such "strong feeling" because of the confusing way he distributed love in this play. Does Shakespeare believe in love at first sight or he just wants us to see how quick we can fall in love?