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    The Fool in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is more intelligent than most of the other characters in the play. When talking to Olivia, and attempting to make her laugh, he turns her words against her. As she demands his removal, he says, “Do you not hear fellows, take the lady away” (Page 29). Though she carries power over him, the fools wit is more powerful than hers. Olivia’s disposition leads the fool to wonder why she is mourning. Once Olivia mentions the death of her brother, the Fool bluntly states

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    What do the words “love,” trickery,” “misogyny,” and “madness” all have in common? They are a few general themes that embody Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. The story begins when the main character, Viola, finds herself shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria and begins her new life disguised as a man. Complications arise when she gets stuck in a confusing love triangle, and her thought-to-be-dead brother mysteriously arrives with his caretaker. When everything is said and done, all the

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    Mischief is in everyday life. From forgetting to turn the water on at night so your pipes don't freeze or not checking to see if your car lights are off so your battery doesn't die or even forgetting to pay the rent for the month and getting notified by your landlord. This paper portrays how mischief is showed in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by: Mark Twain One example that proves mischief causes havoc is when Tom goes swimming instead of going to school and getting caught by Sid and aunt Polly.

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    Vincent Van Gogh has had a profound effect on the world through his art. In the short span of 10 years Van Gogh produced over 2,000 drawings and paintings. Van Gogh encouraged different types of thinking with his art by showing strong emotion and using his talent to express himself. Van Gogh was a tortured soul who used art as an escape from his unsatisfactory life, all we see today is his genius artwork, This paper will give you insight into Van Gogh’s life, once we have stepped in his shoes we

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    Twelfth Night Fool Essay

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    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

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    Twelfth Night: Disguise and Gender Disguise can play an important role in many things, especially when it comes to confusion and deception. William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night uses disguise as a motif to complicate and help the plot, allow the characters to hide their true identities, as well as confuse gender roles, which were very important when this play was written. Shakespeare demonstrates this with four quite different characters who all use disguise at some point during the play. He

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    Homoeroticism & the 1600’s Twelfth Night is a play surrounded by homosexuality, in some cases it is willing homosexuality and in other cases in non- intentional. Even though it was punishable by death, people did not really know what sexual identity was. The issue with Twelfth Night is that it is set in the 1600’s, yet Shakespeare talks about homosexuality as if it was just normal behavior. At the time homosexuality was even punishable by death. The issues do not just come from the storyline on the

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    Twelfth Night Feste

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    “There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.” -Aristotle. Olivia’s clown, Feste has a very intriguing role in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Throughout the play, Feste is a bold and valiant character who continually makes daring comments towards everybody, including his mistress. The clown’s job is to be silly and crazy but in reality, Feste has the most wisdom and intelligence of all characters. Feste is also able to delude the other characters in the play using his wit or a disguise

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    I didn’t find out what happened until the nexr night … It’s been at least 3 hours since the last time I called, I called her about 130 times and texted her about 200 times. I was thinking that her phone died but she would of found a way to get a hold of me, she knows my number my heart. Also, Vlad has my number too, so he could have called or texted me. It’s about 5:30 pm and i still havent got a phone call pr text. I walked into my garge to get my bike so i could ride to Outback

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    Twelfth Night Ppe Quotes

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    Twelfth Night PPE paragraph of Analysis Maiya Glasser How to Make a Heroine Viola is the heroine, a brave, strong and intelligent girl from the book Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. First of all, Viola is brave because she manages to be a boy in a foreign country far from her home. She is able to complete the duties of a man despite being female. In this quote from Viola to the Captain, Viola decides to serve the Duke disguised as a eunuch. “The form of my intent. I’ll serve this duke; thou

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