Twelfth Night Viola's Speech

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For a presentation of Viola’s speech, in Twelfth Night act 2 scene 2, there are multiple requirements; an emphasis on certain words, costumes, props, intro and outro music as well as a background. In the following sentences, we shall explain why the actor chose these objects, feelings or music. First of all, in the speech, different parts must show different emphasis or feeling, so for the first line, 674, the actor must act confused because Olivia puzzles Viola by sending her a ring claiming it was given by Viola but it was not. Further, from line 675 to line 678 the actor must act perplexed since Viola comes to the realization that Olivia loves her, as Cesario. Likewise, from line 679 to line 687 the actor must put emphasis on humor because …show more content…

To finish the last 2 lines 966 and 967 the actor must act comforted because of Viola's realization that she will not be obligated to solve this love triangle issue. In addition, the costume will be a brown sports coat with a blue dress shirt underneath, black tights and elegant boots in view of the fact that the setting of this play is the 1600s when men wore elegant dress clothes. Also, the background is a picture of a pathway, with grass on each side and mountains in the distance, considering that Viola has just left Olivia’s house and is on her way back to Orsino's palace and it seems to be a rural community, in the play, where you must walk very far to reach different areas of Illyria, it also appears, in the script, that the Duke's palace stood surrounded by mountains. In addition, the intro music is a tiny clip of an instrumental piano version of Reflection from the movie Mulan, due to, the fact, that the atmosphere makes it seems like it's leading up to a significant disclosure which is Olivia's love for Viola as Cesario but the music is still felicitous since it is not terrible that Olivia loves Cesario instead for Viola and the audience it's

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