Characters of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The title "What you Will" is a perfect summary of the whole play. This
story is about deception in character, being something you are not;
whether it being disguising gender, true feelings or beliefs.
We never no the real to why Viola chose to disguise her gender. We
must assume that she wants to conceal her identity until she has
gathered enough information about where she is and maybe feels safer
dressed as a boy. He is resourceful and does not take pity on herself,
despite the fact she thinks she has lost her brother she quickly moves
on and tries to make do with the situation.
Her brother describes her as "beautiful with a mind that envy could
not call for." Sebastian is expressing that she is beautiful yet
clever and level-headed. Her eloquence and integrity in which she
conducts herself catches Olivia's attention, resulting into some
seriously difficult situations.
Viola is also selfless, accepting fate and the limitations it places
upon her. She knew she had fallen in love with Duke Orsino and had the
perfect opportunity to come clean and express how she felt when he
asked her about what she thought women should be like. She did not lie
to him nor did she tell him the truth her ability to manipulate
language saved her from revealing her true identity. She even subtly
hinted to the Duke how she felt but her clever language technique made
it ambiguous.
She is also very aware of where she stands in many situations. When
she realises Olivia has fallen in love with her and that she is caught
up in a love triangle, she knows there is little she can do, saying: "
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...nking he has a chance with Olivia.
Although he is a knight- he is not respected even though he has a
brave heroic title. It seems like a joke that someone like him can be
named a knight. This could be a parody of true stereotypical knights.
Compared to other characters he is very low in the character spectrum
although his title is quite high.
At the end of the play even his "friend", Sir Toby deceives him. He is
a laughing stock- stealing some of the lime light from Malvolio. Many
jokes in the play arise from his inadequate grasp on words. When he
was introduced to Maria, Sir Andrew is subjected into making a fool
out of himself from the misunderstanding of the word "accost."
I conclude that there are few strong characters who understand
themselves and know what they want; not being cloudy in their
judgement.
The play Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare is a 1601 comedy that has proven to be the source of experimentation in gender casting in the early twenty-first century due to its portrayal of gender in love and identity. The play centrally revolves around the love triangle between Orsino, Olivia, and Viola. However, Olivia and Orsino both believe Viola is a boy named Cesario. Ironically, only male actors were on the stage in Shakespeare’s time. This means that Olivia, Viola, and other female characters were played by young boys who still had voices at higher pitches than older males.
Another form of deception in the plot is Roy’s behavior at the final of the movie. Roy who killed Tyrell, Sebastian, and the man in the eye laboratory with unusual enjoyment, shows weakness and helps Deckard to survive.
In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and in Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, two ladies are presented, that are not necessarily the leading protagonist, but they help unravel the plays’ plots into something amazing. Twelfth Night features Maria, the lady in waiting to Olivia. At first Maria comes off as a dilettante, later on we find out that’s not the case at all. Meanwhile, in The Imaginary Invalid, there is the disputatious Toinette, who is the maidservant and nurse to the imaginary invalid himself, Argan. Maria and Toinette are two strong women characters, their strength and wit is depicted through Maria and Toinette’s deceiving schemes to make their plays more stimulating as well as their objectivity throughout all the chaos in their respective play.
towards Malvolio but I do not think I will be able to have enough time
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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies, involving complex plots, which result in hilarious outcomes. The main plot of Twelfth Night tells of Count Orsino's efforts to woo the Lady Olivia. who does not return his affection. Instead, Olivia is smitten with her. Orsino's servant Cesario, unaware of his true identity.
Andrew is funny, it is not intentional. His faults include a lack of wit, a
make him think he is mad and they also make Olivia think he is mad
problem with unintelligible logic. However, the primary reason for why Sir Toby is able to be
In Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, gender identity and alternative sexualities are highlighted through the depiction of different characters and personalities. In the play, Viola disguises herself as a man thereby raising a merry-go-around of relationships that are actually based on a lie rather than actual fact. Viola attracts the attention of Olivia since she thinks that Viola is a man but even more fascinating is the fact that Orsino is attracted to Viola although he thinks that she is a man. In another twist Viola is attracted to Orsino and has fell in love with him although their love cannot exist since Orsino thinks that Viola is a man.
The perfect lives that make up the routine of the Illyrian citizens portrays a society in which enjoyment, and personal gain are held in utmost priority. Shakespeares mocks the passivity of the Illyrian lifestyle to explain to the audience that excess of such festivity has negative side effects such as ego and lack of true love. He expresses that the pursuit of expression and truth in itself invokes enjoyment. Sir Aguecheek mirrors the uncertainty of a person through lack of self-confidence and the desire to openly reveal his true self when lamenting “Is it a world to hide virtues in?” (1.3.131). While uncovering aesthetic and emotional mysteries, the Illyrians find that disport restrains them from actual enjoyment and love. The play follows the audience to motivate them towards dissemination of feelings and expression of passion as a “locus of growth and self discovery” (Logan 223) and to obtain true happiness by ridding themselves of excessive, meaningless fun.
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Twelfth Night or What You Will is one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies. It has been performed hundreds of times and adapted into a number of modern films. The main plot of the play follows Viola, a girl who is rescued from a shipwreck and enters into the service of the Duke Orsino disguised as a man. Rising quickly in his estimation, Viola begins delivering messages of love on his behalf to Olivia, a noble woman who has no interest in Orsino’s advances. Over the course of the play Olivia falls in love with the disguised Viola, Viola falls in love with Orsino, and Viola’s twin brother Sebastian, who supposedly died in the shipwreck, returns. Following Sebastian’s return the twins are mistaken for each other, leading to both misunderstanding and marriage in the final scenes of the play. Alongside the main plot of Twelfth Night is an almost equally prominent subplot involving Malvolio, a servant of Olivia, who falls in love with her and who falls prey to a prank planned by the other members of the household who despise his abhorrence of fun. In the article “The Design of Twelfth Night” by L.G. Salingar, Salingar examines the plot and structure of the play and addresses the significance of the subplot. The purpose of this essay is to examine both evidence from the play and articles from other authors, with a focus on Salingar, who have written on the subject in order to determine the purpose of the subplot. In his article, Salingar comes to the conclusion that the purpose of the subplot is to provide a comic mirror of the main plot while amplifying the main themes of delusion, misrule and festivity. Salingar presents a solid argument, however he has neglected another lesser but significant element of the sub-plot which illustrate...
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