Twelfth Night: Quote Analysis

When Henry meets back up with his regiment an older man begins to have a discussion with him. The old man asks Henry “where yuh hit, ol’ boy?”. With massive feelings of guilt, Henry shrugs away from the man and runs back into the woods. From behind a tree, he can see all the wounded soldiers on the battle field. “At times he regarded

Henry was a normal boy and did all of the normal things young boys do: making noise, being busy and active, nosing around in the refrigerator, and asking questions - all part and parcel of being a normal child. But he was brought up to believe he wasn't a "model boy." His parents were constantly interrupted by him - his mother while she was reading and grading papers, and his father so much so that he spent most of his time in his office on campus, joining them only at mealtimes. His father wished to remain "blissfully unaware."

First, one should focus on the language and Henry's ethos. The soldiers are burdened with the thought of a

The author says he sleeps on a cot and had to use a stool to keep his legs form going through it. He draws up a picture of Henry’s home. The illustration shows that Henry was very luxurious. Henry made his living through the hauling and selling of wood, tanning deer, and growing vegetables and fruits, Viele says. Henry had managed the mosquitoes and lived a very successful life.

William Shakespeare wrote plays that covered the breadth of human experience, which seem to have transcended the restraints of age because they contain universal themes. His body of his work is comprised of genres of plays, which varied from tragedies to comedies.

The syntax at the beginning of the text makes use of several short exclamations, conveying his urgency. The sentence structure builds throughout the passage, with fairly complex structure at the end; this provides a natural build within the soliloquy. Additionally, there are several questions posed throughout the passage which reveal King Henry’s distress. The diction reveals a shift within King Henry. While referring to sleep as “gentle” (L. 2) and “Nature’s soft nurse” (L. 3) at the beginning of the text, he shifts to a more aggressive approach, calling it a “dull god” (L. 12) and “partial” (L. 23) later in the speech. Throughout the soliloquy are words such as “hush’d” (L. 8) and “lull’d” (L. 11) which create a feeling of

After the war, Henry remained cold to everything around him. “He sat in front of it, watching it, and that was the only time he was completely still. But it was the kind of stillness that you see in a rabbit when it freezes and before it will bolt. He was not easy. He sat in his chair gripping the armrests with all his might.” By comparing Henry to a rabbit frozen in fear, it really shows how immense his anguish is. “I looked over, and he’d bitten through his lip… So we went and sat down. There was still blood going down Henry’s chin, but he didn’t notice it and no one said anything even though every time he took a bite of his bread his blood fell onto it until he was eating his own blood mixed in with the food.” This quote uniquely shows how closed off he is emotionally. He has experienced so much pain from the war that he ignores his own suffering. It is clear that Henry had some extent of PTSD from the war. He was drowning in pain so much that he ignored his own purpose and value, so much so that he ended up taking his

Trevor Nunn’s (1996) adaptation of Twelfth Night illustrates the complexity of Feste’s character and how important he is to the overall play. Ben Kingsley, the actor, presents Feste as sympathetic and gentle choric figure. It is Feste who allows the audience to see the films respect for the original play, and the existing issues within it. This includes the defencelessness of women, and the attractive, but dangerous, qualities of altering one’s true sexual identity. Interestingly, unlike the original script, Nunn opens his first scene with Feste observing Viola struggle to shore after the shipwreck she has experienced. In this context, Kingsley’s Feste is revealed for the first time. He is shown as a mysterious and isolated individual, who

Henry Jr was a vibrant and joyful person in the beginning. He and his brother are seen as a good time. Even though many people know about Lulu being his mother, many people still like Henry Jr. He leaves for war and comes back changed. In Chapter 9, Albertine describes her run in with him. He was an angry person who drank to rid himself of the nightmares he was having. He and Albertine sleep together and he nearly kills her from a night terror he was having. He goes home and the story of his death is told by his brother, Lyman. Lyman begins by telling about the car that Henry and Lyman bought. This car is important because it is a symbol for Henry. Lyman destroyed the car to give Henry Jr something to focus on other than the war. After Henry fixes it they decide to go for a drive like the old times. He gives details on how the trip goes. He says that it almost seemed like the only Henry again. Henry jumps into the river to cool off after laughing and dancing with Lyman. Lyman recalls the river being dark and high. He says that there are boards and other things floating in there. Henry drifts pretty far away when Lyman hears him. “‘My boots are filling’, he says. He says this in a normal voice, like he just noticed and he doesn’t know what to think about it. Then he’s gone.”(189). Lyman goes on to talk about how he pushed the car in the river. The book never says why he does this. It could be because the

As we read Henry’s family reacted quickly, when agreeing for Henry to have the procedure, “—and the family may have sensed his upper-class heritage, but surely they were not aware that their surgeon-to-be was considered by some to be recklessly audacious.” With this statement we are lead to believe that when it came to Henry they had lost hope, or were at their whit’s end, allowing them to act so hastily,

Furthermore*, Henry symbolizes naivety because he is ignorant to the forces which control him. Through the use of naturalism, Crane shows the reader how small Henry truly is. Having been marched out into battle, Henry is in little control of his circumstances and is at the mercy of everyone*. Ironically, Henry willingly enlisted in the military in a search for fame and glory. Despite his willingness*, as Dr. Ball states, “you join the military and lose your freedom, it seems” (Ball). Following Henry’s flight from battle, Henry comes across a “green chapel,” a possible reference to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight*, where Henry discovers a dead soldier “dressed in a uniform that had once been blue” (Crane 22).* Henry witnesses ants consuming

This passage has quite a different tone than the one just a few pages later, where Henry is praying for Catherine: "Don't let her die. Oh, God, please don't let her die. I'll do anything for you if you won't let her die...Please, please, dear God, don't let her die"(330). Henry's priorities have obviously shifted a great deal since the scene at the campfire. He has become more eager to let God into his life. What events caused this drastic change in Henry's attitude? One obvious turning point in his life during the war was the interrogation by the carabinieri. Henry has to jump into the river to

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night William Shakespeare was baptised on the 26th April 1564, and as it was the tradition for children to be taken to the church for this only a few days after birth, April 23rd has been traditionally held as his actual birthday. It also fits relatively nicely for English person to be born on St. George's Day as this represents England. He was born in Stratford upon Avon. In 1601, near the middle of Shakespeare's career, it is assumed he wrote the play Twelfth Night.

William Shakespeare, an English writer in the seventeenth century. He is considered to be the most influential writer in English literature. He wrote various genres, but the common types he wrote were: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. Among the many plays he wrote he wrote one his most famous play, “Twelfth Night”, which he wrote during the middle of his career. “Twelfth Night” is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies that he has written. In addition to it is also the only play that he wrote that has an alternate title which is called, “Twelfth Night, or What You Will”. By analyzing the themes presented in the play: Actions of love, Gender, and madness, helps show what Shakespeare conveyed about love.

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a play with themes that parallel the folly of the festival it is named after. The main storyline of the plot plays on this a lot by mixing up the stereotypes around gender that were very present at the time. However, a sub-plot involving secondary characters defines this theme even more. It takes the idea even further by relating servants’ attempts to blur the lines between social classes. Twelfth Night’s Maria and Malvolio both have great aspirations to rise above their social class. However, Maria succeeds where Malvolio fails because of her capability to make use of the satiric ambiance of her mistress’s household to achieve her goals.