Twelfth Night Vs. She's The Man

Twelfth Night vs. She’s the Man

The use of Sex Appeal in Different Eras

Sex appeal is used in movies and advertising in today’s society to grab the attention of viewers. In today’s society, one cannot go through the day without running into some form of sex appeal. It is used in commercials such as the Carl’s Jr. Commercials when they have a beautiful girl in a bikini eating a cheeseburger from their establishment. This grabs the attention of both male and female. This is done by making women believe that if they eat their burger, they will look just as pretty and sexy as the model. The men want the burger because it makes them think of the pretty model eating it. They use good-looking actors or actresses in movies who often show off their

The movie takes on a very different approach to the story line changing Shakespeare’s underlining issues. She’s the Man uses sex appeal to its advantage to grab the viewers’ attention and keep them engaged. This paper will cover the different ways She’s the Man uses sex appeal in the story line, whereas Shakespeare uses more of a romance story line. The sex appeal in She’s the Man is a more modern day attention grabber than what is observed in Twelfth

Viola continues to go back and forth between the Duke and Olivia but Oliva falls in love with Viola’s male alias Cesario. The three go on with this love triangle throughout the book using a romantic feel to keep the viewers engaged. Until the end of the story when Viola’s twin brother shows up, is mistaken for Cesario, and marries Olivia. In the end the Duke finds out the Cesario is actually a women and not a boy and they end up marring each other. Olivia is relieved she married a man and not a woman and they are all happy in the end. Shakespeare never uses sex appeal, but uses romance to appeal to his audience. The movie, She’s the Man uses Shakespeare’s storyline and turns it into a modern day version of Twelfth Night. The Duke is now a soccer captain named Duke Orsino and Viola and Sebastian are twins of a very wealthy family. Olivia is just a popular girl at Sebastian’s school, which is called Illyria. The same love triangle between the three exists, but Viola pretends to be her brother Sebastian. She goes to his school pretending to be him with the intentions of playing on his school’s soccer team to prove girls play just as good as boys. The movie uses sex appeal to grab the attention of its