William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night

People tend to judge others based on many aspects. Sometimes they may try to force people to act upon certain rules that define their place in society. They often try to meet expectations that society has made for them based on gender and social status. William Shakespeare reinforces these ideas in his play Twelfth Night, which introduces many meaningful messages about situations that still occur in society today. He clearly develops important themes worthy of analysis. A few of these strong themes are about stereotypes and society’s expectations and rules, which he proves to be irrelevant most of the time. Many situations in the play falsify commonly held stereotypes about gender and social status by showing how they are sometimes invalid. He also shows how these stereotypes can affect the way people behave towards and judge others.

After hearing the captain, Viola then asks him “Who governs here?” (I, ii, 24), to which he replies that a Duke named Orsino does. This interests the Viola, as she believes the duke to be a bachelor. However, she is told by the captain that this may not be true, as the duke has fallen in love with a woman named Olivia, who has sworn off marriage, due to her brother’s recent death. Viola, wishing to serve Olivia, asks the captain to conceal her as eunuch, so that she may present herself to the duke and win his favor. This chapter presents another main character, Viola, who, like Olivia, has lost her brother. As a result of this, we begin to see a connection form between those two, which leads Viola to want to serve Olivia. However, despite the obvious connection between the two, a key difference remains: unlike Olivia, Viola is able to continue to function despite the loss of her brother. The setting of this chapter is on the seacoast of Illyria, as revealed by the captain. Finally, the main theme of this scene is deception, This theme is very clearly displayed by Viola, as she plans to use a disguise to fool the duke, infiltrate his palace, and gain his trust. The theme is directly mentioned by any of the characters, but is instead implied through their actions.

“If music be the food of love, play on” (1.1 1) In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare shows love in various different forms. Love is defined as “a strong affection or liking for someone,” and we can see love being portrayed in different ways throughout the play. Some of these forms of love include true love, self-love and a love for money. "Twelfth Night" has many love triangles. Many of the characters are caught up in the web of love and are blind to realize that their emotions toward other characters are sometimes untrue.

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been categorized as a comedy play because of all the characters being passionately in love to the point of being foolish. It’s a play all about love, and the characters that are in love are only young adults, so they are still naive when it comes to love. Their naivety and foolishness regarding love is what allows them to be taken advantage of by mischievous fairies when they all run away into the woods. By critiquing the love affairs and numerous misunderstandings that occur within the mystical woods, I argue that Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream portrays the characters’ young love as a foolish fantasy with drastic consequences.

love when actually they just loved the idea of it. One such a man is

Since the days of the ancient Greeks, music has been an integral part of drama and theatre. Many composers wrote music to accompany plays, and sometimes the music became more well-known than the play it was written for … It

through his vanity is easily fooled into thinking it is he who she loves although

has been recognized as a new kind of musical play that denied its Broadway audiences many of their most treasured traditions, says David Ewen in American Musical Theatre. There was no opening chorus line, no chorus until midway through the first act, in fact. There was rather a serious ballet and other serious overtones, including a killing in act two. The story, which was so simple, seemed to engage the audience in more than mere evening diversion. (248) These changes, far from disappointing to viewers, were upheld by a success that had never been seen in the history of musical theatre.

Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy which is created through a complex circle of love designed by deception, disguise and practical jokes. The characters use of deception within the play create many unintentional and undesirable outcomes. Through the art of deception, Shakespeare explores the ideas of deceit and self-deception which in turn creates comedic situations within the play. Many of the characters go through extremes in order to get what they want, which is the love that they desire, by deceiving everyone and at times, even deceiving themselves.

At first glance, twins may seem identical, but many would argue that they behave differently with uniquely hardwired brains. In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, two main characters Viola-Cesario and Sebastian are lost in a shipwreck, but later reunite with each other and along their journey, confuse many other characters while mixing one another up. Viola-Cesario and Sebastian are twins who look very similar in appearance, but nevertheless they are actually two opposite characters with different attitudes and characteristics which shape their unique behavior. For instance, Sebastian and Viola-Cesario behave differently from each other since Sebastian is an aggressive person and Viola-Cesario is a peaceful person. However, considering

William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered a tragedy by most who read it and it is very easy to see why based on the ending and the development of the plot and rising action. To contrast that William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is considered a romantic comedy based on the plot and characters involved in it. With this in mind, the characters use of love as a cause for suffering, the deceit between characters, and the mask that many wear are important elements in William Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet and Twelfth Night. In both Hamlet and Twelfth Night the characters use love as some sort of cause for suffering, though they both use that idea in different ways.

Viola experiences a loss of love when her and her brother Sebastian were in a shipwreck and she survived but her brother “did not”. “Thank you for saying that—here’s some money to express my gratitude. Since I survived, it’s easier for me to imagine he survived too,

After Viola is shipwreck and separated from her brother, Sebastian, off the coast of Illyria, she decides to find work and a safe place to stay. Considering that Viola is a woman without a chaperone in a place she is not familiar with, she enlist the help of the captain of the ship that rescues her to help find a source of income and a place to mourn for her loss. As Viola questions the captain of the ship about Illyria, he tells her about the Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, and Orsino’s love interest, Olivia, a woman who is mourning for the loss of her father and brother. Because Viola fears Sebastian might be dead, Viola views herself as Olivia while the captain of ship describes

One of the many comedic plays written by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, was produced into a film. The key actors within this film are Frances Barber, Chris Hollis, Caroline Langrishe, Christopher Ravenscroft, and Richard Briers. The 1988 film, directed by Paul Kafno, kept an almost perfect faithfulness to the text and it was very easy for me to follow along in the book. Although the film was not the most entertaining one, it did a great job of portraying the famous Shakespeare play.

The collaboration of musical theatre combines the drama aspect and plots of stage plays while adding musical components. The plot and a variety of emotions including love, passion, anger, sadness, and humor, are all presented through words and music. Musical theatre has changed tremendously over time, from operas to orchestras to full fledged plays. However, from the beginning until now the art form has carried a great influence in the world of performance. This essay will explore the history of musical theatre from birth until now.