Twelfth Night Essays

In the play Twelfth Night there is another case of a Shakespearean fool. Feste is the fool and jester of this play. In the play Twelfth Night Shakespeare uses comedy and plot structure to show Feste’s role as the fool. In Shakespeare’s plays a fool is usually a clever peasant who makes jokes and outdoes other people who are of a higher social class. Feste would be considered a fool in this play Feste is Olivia’s licensed jester. Feste is paid to entertain people by singing, dancing, and joking

In the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Shows us how mistaken identity can affect people in many ways and those who were affected all were affected from the main characters Olivia and Viola who is disguised as Cesario. Viola disguised herself as Cesario because her boat crashed and she washed ashore on Illyria, she had been with her brother, but he never washed ashore so she grieved him and to get over the grievance faster she got a job. But her brother Sebastian wasn’t really dead, he had

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” Was said in act 1 scene 5 by Feste the fool of the play, Twelfth Night. In the Twelfth Night Shakespeare demonstrates several comedic elements in minor and major ways. Three of the major elements will be covered today. Clever word play, mistaken identities, and plot twists. In act 1 scene 5 Olivia and Feste demonstrate word play. “Take the fool away!” (Olivia) “Do you not hear, fellows? Take away the lady.” (Feste) This was one of my favorite

The Fools of Twelfth Night         It is not unusual that the fool should be a prominent figure and make an important contribution in forming the confusion and the humor in an Elizabethan drama. In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery. He and many other characters combine their silly acts and wits to invade other characters that either escape reality or live a dream. In Twelfth Night, Feste, Maria and Sir Toby are the fools

What is Love? Twelfth Night is not a typical Shakespearean play, there are not any brutal deaths or any crazy made up stories, but instead this play revolves around love. Shakespeare, being a man that had experienced many types of love, writes this play to enhance the readers views on love. Love is not something that one can control, but it has a mind of its own and love can be altered at anytime. Shakespeare presents three main types of love in this play, true love, friendship love, and recompense

British Literature: Concealment in Twelfth Night Throughout Twelfth Night, concealment influences each character’s life because it’s essential to portray how falsehood can be amusing or agonizing before they can discover their identity in life. Therefore, the concept of concealment not only affects the characters’ mistaken identities and abilities to express true love, but it gives the story comedic and entertaining qualities. Furthermore, concealment portrayed throughout this story makes each

Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy that questions the nature of love, gender, and class. Viola disguises herself as Cesario, and this transformation into Cesario by Viola draws the admiration of Olivia. While Olivia is trying to attract Cesario's attention, Orsino is trying to catch Olivia's eye which only creates a comedic love triangle. This love triangle creates the comedy in the book, while also questioning what love is, and the roles that gender, and class creates in Twelfth Night.      Twelfth

Olivia's words around to make it seem like she likes his yellow cross-gartered tights when in reality she dislikes them. Sir Toby just considers himself and no one else, not even his companions. He ignores Maria's notification about drinking into the night, and he continues to push Sir Andrew and Olivia to court. Even though he believes that Sir Andrew doesn't have a chance. Olivia considers the all-inclusive community around her, yet she furthermore assumes that no man is meriting her brilliance. She

Derek Korff-Korn Shakespeare Dr. Honig–12th Grade Shakespeare’s Openness to Homosexuality (Prior to the 21st Century) Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare around the early 1600’s, as an entertainment for the holiday of the Twelfth Night. It is a play that discusses issues that are incredibly sensitive, even by today’s standards. Homosexuality is the basis of a significant amount of deliberation in this day and age, However, Shakespeare wrote this work in the early seventeenth

Many people encounter love, but through many difficulties and end up changing themselves. In Twelfth Night, by Shakespeare, Olivia is in mourning, but breaks free of her self-indulgent melancholy once Cesario appears, and she then has no problem showing affection from one man after another. Throughout the play, Olivia transforms mentally through her thoughts and attitude to convey the power of love. In the play, Olivia’s character begins by mourning the loss of her brother. She claims she cannot