Twelfth Night Dramatic Motif Essay

Daniel Altschuler
10.28.15
Youth And Society
Dramatic Motif Dramatic Motif: By Daniel Altschuler
(Hi Brian, I received minor help from my parents with the finish of the second paragraph, and some parts(because I was confused with how to put things sometimes), but not all of the third paragraph.)

For my visual dramatic motif, I wrote a letter saying, “M.O.A.I”. I closed this letter with a sealed envelope. The theme this letter represents is ambiguity. Maria hands off this letter to Malvolio, expecting him to fall for her trap. Malvolio believes it is a love letter and everything that has happened with him was destined. Malvolio looks at the letter and immediately believes it is a love letter, while Fabian, Toby and Maria are awaiting him to take the bait. As expected, he takes the bait and opens the letter with pleasure. This theme ambiguity is

On page 27 of Act one Scene five, we see Maria and Feste the fool talking about the fools’ bravery. Maria criticizes the fool about where he is getting all his bravery talk from, and that he is working as a fool in his palace. Feste responds by telling Maria, “Well, god give them wisdom that have it, and those that are fools, let them use their talents”(i.iiiii.27). The fool is saying if people have a talent in tricking people emotionally, physically and mentally then they should use that gift and not take it for granted... In other words, the fool sees nothing wrong with it. The fools statement does in fact stay face for the entire play. The play is saying that those who are in love with others might come on too strong, and then will be fooled. Once the person realizes you love them as much as you do, and the other doesn’t feel the same, the other person then starts leaving tricks so the lover will fall into a deep missouri. So, no, the play isn’t suggesting we should be foolish for those that we love, but we are humans -- anything is