Marisa Mickler Act 5 Analysis—Shakespeare Twelfth Night Act 5 displays a lot of literary devices, as the play comes to a close. Dramatic irony in this scene is used to add tension to Olivia's exposure about her marriage, and of the introduction of the twins as well. The audience is aware that Olivia has married Sebastian, and that both twins are alive and well; yet, there is lots of suspense with the audience, while the people wait for the characters to find out the truth and resolve these issues. Shakespeare uses the dramatic irony of this scene to provide some humor for the audience, while simultaneously grabbing some deep emotion out of the characters. It’s hilarious—the fact that the audience always knows exactly what’s going on, all the time, while the cast members are overtly out of the loop. There is this resting angst in the audience, just waiting for the cast members to realize what’s going on, with Viola and Olivia, and Cesario and Olivia. While reading, it was so funny, as if I didn’t want to spoil it for the cast members. The reunion of the twins is the inevitable climax of the play; before this time, Sebastian has had no idea that Viola could still be alive, so the disbelief at seeing her again, and dressed to look like him, is insane. At last, The relationship between Sir Toby and Sir Andrew is also unresolved at the end of the play; their last appearance has Sir Toby swearing at Sir Andrew, and apparently refusing to see Sir Andrew's any longer. I loved the ending, the inevitable reconciliation between Viola, Olivia, Sebastian and Orsino is perfectly done, in my opinion. Viola got to show affection for Orsino she always had, and Sebastian got to properly and unmistakably show love towards Olivia—a long time
...rt”. She wants to see Romeo again so asks the Nurse to go to Friar Lawrence’s cell. Therefore the events of Act 3 Scene 1 strengthened Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, making them less able to live without each other. Had Shakespeare not used Act 3 Scene 1 to set up the rest of the play, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship would not have been intensified by the drama and trauma of the scene. It may have weakened as the exciting first phase of their relationship and marraige came to an end. If consiquently they were less in love with eachother, they may not have gone to such extreme lengths to be with eachother and may have not felt the need to end their own lives at the thought of living without their spouse. Act 3 Scene 1 has more effect on the future of the plot and the characters, therefore sets up the rest of the play substationally more than Act 1 Scene 5 does.
William Shakespeare's Use of Dramatic Devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
According to Elizabethan society, the center of Olivia’s dilemma with her marriage was ensuring her wealth, not marrying a man she loved (Joseph 170). Social class increases division among individuals in society. This play “ is not the story of a Juliet's or an Orlando's love .., but of the very realistic struggles and intrigues over the betrothal of a rich Countess, whose selection of a mate determines the future” (170). Readers looking past these boundaries created by class and gender, can find striking similarities in emotions characters have for each other. The personal struggles the characters face in this play demonstrate the obstacles that individuals faced because of their gender or place in the social hierarchy.
To begin, Lady and Lord Montague, Lady and Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence, and the Nurse all contributed to the ending of the plays. Both Romeo and Juliet’s parents could have helped them with the troubles they
By the end of the play, we see Claudio’s transformation from being an immature, love-struck boy who believes gossip and allows himself to easily be manipulated grow into a mature young man who admits to his mistakes and actually has the capacity to love the girl he has longed for. The wedding dance of Claudio and Hero along with Beatrice and Benedict shows how order is now restored in the city of Messina, and order given to the life of Claudio.
In the play Othello, Shakespeare uses many literary devices to help the reader understand the theme of the story. One of those many literary devices used in the play, is the wide range of irony. Throughout the pages of the book the reader will see the use of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony. Shakespeare does not use irony in an understated way, it is very direct, and can be found on almost every page of the book. The use of irony creates suspense, and adds interest as to what will happen.
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.
Orsino’s view of love is that he is in love with love itself and he
Andrew is funny, it is not intentional. His faults include a lack of wit, a
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night In 'Twelfth Night' Olivia's trusted steward Malvolio, like Sir Andrew, is the 'butt of comedy'. His very name suggests 'ill-will', which echoes his role in the play. Malvolio is an egotistical, "overweening rogue", who is a straight laced, puritanical, social climbing rebuker of others for their anti-social and often sinful behaviour, or as he put it, "misdemeanours". Malvolio's character is summarised excellently by Maria in Act II Scene III: The devil a puritan that he is, or anything, constantly, but a time-pleaser, an affectioned ass that cons state without book and utters it by great swarths; the best persuaded of himself, so crammed, as he thinks with excellencies, that if is his grounds of faith that all that look on him love him.
Romeo and Juliet is a famous play that was first performed between 1594 and 1595, it was first printed in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is not entirely fictional as it is based on two lovers who lived in Verona. The Montague’s and Capulet’s are also real. Romeo and Juliet is one of the ten tragedies that William Shakespeare wrote. In this essay, I aim to investigate what act 1, scene1 makes you expect about the rest of the play.
Twelfth Night consists of a large number of love triangles, however many characters are too indulged in love that they are blind to the untrue, and the weakness of their relationship, they are deceived by themselves and many people around them ( ex. Malvolio is tricked by Sir Andrew, Feste ,Sir Toby and Maria),but there are certain incidents where the love is true and two characters feel very strongly about one another. In the play, Viola and Orsino have the most significant relationship. The way they interact with each other causes the complexity on which the play is all about, their relationship turns from strangers to friends then lovers .In the First Act Viola is not honest with Orsino because she disguises herself as a male servant named Cesario in order to get closer to the duke. Orsino. Orsino quickly trusts Cesario and sends him to Olivia to declare Orsinos Love for her, the girl he most dearly loves. This quick bond is the fast example of their relationship. At the beginning of the play, Viola thinks her brother (Sebastian) is dead (after they’re deadly boat crash, where they get separated) when actually he is alive and thinks she is dead, Viola always seems to have a part missing from her which shows her bond with Sebastian is strong, and a part of her but in a brotherly/sisterly way rather than a proper relationship like viola and orsino, At the end of the play they meet and both fall in love , Viola with Orsino and Sebastian with Olivia.
Although Viola might be able to relate to Olivia's grief at first, her love for Orsino is so great that she cannot understand why Olivia would deny him. When Olivia expresses affectio...
Viola/Ceasario's disguise hides most of her past: the shipwreck, her lost brother, and the fact that she is a woman. Her identity now as a man, is to move on in life and get a job. Her love for Orsino is hidden with her original identity, as though she works for him as his servant. She is a very strong character in the play. "I prithee (and I’ll pay thee bounteously)/ Conceal me what I am, and be my aid/ For such disguise as haply shall become/ The form of my intent. I’ll serve this duke." (1.2.52-55). After the shipwreck and the loss of her brother, Viola decides to move on using a disguise as her shield. Viola’s secret love for Orsino is different than the way Olivia loves Ceasario. Olivia is in lo...
Throughout Twelfth Night, disguise and mistaken identity works as a catalyst for confusion and disorder which consistently contributes towards the dramatic comic genre of the play. Many characters in Twelfth Night assume disguises, beginning with Viola, who disguises herself as a man in order to serve Orsino, the Duke. By dressing his protagonist in male garments, Shakespeare creates ongoing sexual confusion with characters, which include Olivia, Viola and Orsino, who create a ‘love triangle’ between them. Implicitly, there is homoerotic subtext here: Olivia is in love with a woman, despite believing her to be a man, and Orsino often comments on Cesario’s beauty, which implies that he is attracted to Viola even before her male disguise is removed. However, even subsequent to the revealing of Viola’s true identity, Orsino’s declares his love to Viola implying that he enjoys lengthening the pretence of Vio...