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    Twelfth Night, a romantic piece by William Shakespeare expresses a complex love triangle in the village of Illyria. One of the primary protagonists, Viola is washed up onto the shores during violent storms that separate her and her biological twin brother Sebastian. Viola is uncertain if her brother Sebastian survived. It is a coincidence, that the tragic shipwreck carried Viola to the enemy state (Illyria). Unfortunately, this forces the character to go into disguise in order to survive on the male

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    Twelfth Night and Identity In the play Twelfth Night, Shakespeare delves into the concept of personal identity through his exploration of the character Viola. After discovering that her twin brother is dead following a shipwreck, Viola decides to reshape her identity in Illyria. Hiding her maiden clothes with the sea captain, Viola takes on the name Cesario. It is important to note, Viola did not mime her twin brother Sebastian, but instead formed her own male identity. As Viola makes new acquaintances

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    In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the female characters have a strong constitution specifically Olivia and Viola. The play begins with a shipwrecked Viola who decides to disguise herself and go under the assumed name of 'Cesario'. Viola 'Cesario' falls in love with Duke Orsino who is in love with Olivia. The Duke asks for Cesario to woo Olivia for him however Olivia begins to fall for Cesario. Later, Viola's twin brother reappears, and Olivia mistakes him for Cesario proposes to him. In the

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    Thought it's be a routine day at the pub, manning the stills, Alas, I spoke too soon, The Bard had come a runnin' from the forest hills, A sihouette lit up by the moon. "Gather ye all, whether friend or foe, and hearken to my tale of woe!" This and that he went and cried, 'Come for a hapless tale, chock-full of flies!' A crowd was gath'ring fast, indeed, And the man leapt off his slightly steed, I sent him a glare, he relied with a snarky grin, Sidles over, "Keep it quiet for now, you old has-been

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    In Twelfth Night and The Faerie Queene, both stories consists of relationships where one of the affiliates making up the bond believe they are in love with their complement. The relationships being referred to are that of Britomart and Artegal, Orsino and Olivia, and Viola and Olivia. These relationships demonstrate the assertion of true love not existing in the story, since fancy is a requirement for love throughout the story. Orsino and Olivia’s relationship will be used as my opening example

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    William Wycherley Essay

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    The restoration era of theatre was a unique period of time for iconic practitioners and actors to revitalise the love for drama after an 18 year ban enforced by the reign of the Puritans, one of these practitioners being William Wycherley. Wycherley was born in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, just a year before the Puritans took thrown of the English Parliament in 1642. He grew up with his family as middle class citizens with an exceptional property until he was 15 where Wycherleys parents figured it

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    Compare and Contrast Essay: Twelfth Night or, What You Will And She’s The Man On the Twelfth Night or, What You Will by William Shakespeare was written in the Elizabethan era and on the movie She’s The Man by Andy Fickman it was written in modern day. William Shakespeare’s original version has been passed down and changed from the original version and authors have made many key changes to help the new generation understand the story. Authors and directors have changed the original version to help

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    Twelfth Night

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    ‘Twelfth Night’ focuses on the conventions of Comedy itself. Comedy has to have a resolution, usually with all the characters ending up happy, but not before the audience are taken on a journey of twists and turns through trickery and wit as well as many complexities before tying everything up in the end in a final climax. Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ is a prime example of this. In ‘Twelfth Night’, there is the main plot – a love triangle, disguise and misinterpretation- which provides some Comedy

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    Viola Twelfth Night

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    Viola is a very interesting and very likable character in the story “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare as she really doesn't have any flawed qualities or misfortune happen to her, as her brother turned out to be alive, she has a big part in the story. Her decision to dress up as a man really sets the motion of the story’s plot, confessions she did not wish to hear were heard from others and leads to her having conflicts with them and more. What ends up happening in the story is Viola no longer

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    In act 1 of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare shows the audience that the theme is isolation an example of this is Olivia pretending like she had received a gift from cesario but she was lieing to create confusion so that cesario would have to come back and see Olivia that shows isolation by Olivia craving craving feeling loved by cesario. Another example of isolation is viola acting

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