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    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play written by Shakespeare. Throughout the play, 4 lovers are mistaken for who they really love, because of the mischievous Puck. Towards the end of the play, workmen perform the play of Pyramus and Thisbe and uses elements of comedy to amuse the lovers on their marriage day. Act 5 scene 1 uses these comedic elements most successfully because Shakespeare uses elements such as hyperbole, linguistic mistakes, and parodies. Act 5 scene 1 uses the comedic element known

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    “In the End, All Disguises Must Drop” (Maguire #) Disguises are fake and they cause many misunderstandings. Happiness and peace only comes when one decides to reveal the truth. In William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night, there is a hidden truth that is unveiled which then resolves problems and unites lovers. Viola, disguises as a young man, causes confusion throughout the play; this results in powerful emotions. Love, loss and betrayal are caused by Viola’s disguise. Viola causes confusion for

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    Twelfth Night, by Shakespeare, Shakespeare tells the story of 3 people who all love someone else, Viola, Olivia, and Orsino. While Orsino loves Olivia, she loves Viola (who is disguised) and likewise, Viola is in love with Orsino. On the the side of this conflict is Malvolio who loves Olivia as well, and honestly believes he has a chance with her. Yet, after mistreating the other servants of Olivia, they decide to play a track on him and punish him. Malvolio’s punishment in Twelfth Night is shown

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    Stars Monologue

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    Stars Do you ever look up at the night sky, with thoughts rushing through your mind? I see the moon, but my eyes drift towards the stars. The light that shines against the darkness. The universe is vast, there is so much more to discover. But, most of us are afraid of the unknown. Take me as an example. I’m afraid of what I don’t know, I’m afraid of the judgement of everyone who sees me, I’m afraid of being unwanted, thrown in the dirt. But most of all, I’m afraid of love. Love is beautiful

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    Twelfth Night Viola

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    In Act 1 of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Olivia falls for the reinvented identity of Viola, “Cesario”, the character she embodies along with her physical change. During her appearance earlier in the act, Orsino orders Viola to “unfold the passion of my love”(1.5.27). In the interaction between Olivia and “Cesario”, the actions Viola performs are merely for the expression of her disguise. Even the compliments where Viola refers to Olivia as “radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable beauty” (1.5.169) are

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    lI created a playlist where I believe tie to the theme and central ideas of the story. . 1.)Bohemian Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody tells the story of a man accidentally kills another man just like how ben accidentally killed his own son. In the song he doesn't know if it real or not he's confused but when he sound comes to realization what had happened his life had turned upside down. He goes into a bad case of depression to the point where suicidal thoughts run through his head. After the death

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    Twelfth Night Fool Essay

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    Danielle Pitch Dr. Rettig ENG 409: Shakespeare 29 November 2016 Fooling Around with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night In his famous comedy, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare took a conventional comedic concept and constructed a fool character that inserts an intricacy and resonance to his work. This fool is completely placed distant from society and moreover disregards or is unable to reflect the model of society in which he finds himself. The fool is identified as the inferior in society, where he

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    Where does irony occur in Twelfth Night? In the play, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare incorporates various types of literary devices to effectively communicate comic elements of the play to its audience. One of the most prominent devices used was Shakespeare’s use of irony. Shakespeare uses the concept of dramatic irony to create comedy in this play. This essay will examine the use and effectiveness of dramatic irony in Twelfth Night. Dramatic irony is a widely used literary device

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    Twelfth Night Love Essay

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    How Shakespeare portrays love within the first act of Twelfth Night. By Samuel Cook S7ENA Throughout the play, Shakespeare portrays the idea of love as an elegant, civilised and refined manner of intimacy, yet manages to hide its true meaning throughout the play. Shakespeare tends to discreetly show his opinions and views on this concept of love. Throughout Twelfth Night, this "concept" gives off a negative vibe during the first act. The impression that we get is that love is a stressful, timewasting

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    Twelfth Night Olivia

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    Twelfth Night Character Analysis Essay A grieving noble soon forgets about her family’s death when a new man arrives in her life. She is Olivia, the receiver of Duke Orsino’s affection, and yet pines for someone else. To add more onto the problem that someone else pines for Orsino. In Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, the character Olivia changes from a solemn and melancholy countess to a passionate woman as a result of meeting Cesario. In the beginning of the story, Olivia is shown as extremely

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