William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Twelfth night is a play written by Shakespeare. It is a comedy about
messed up love lives (Orsino, Olivia and Viola’s love triangle),
hidden identity, revenge and being selfish. That is what this essay is
about, the selfish characters being selfish and how it affected them.
The selfish people in the play are, The Duke Orsino, Olivia, Malvolio
and Sir Toby. They thought that they could always get their own way
but being selfish makes you look like a fool.
The Duke is selfish with his love for Olivia. For example at the
beginning:
“If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it”…
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And then later:
…“Enough, no more,
’Tis not so sweet now as it was before.”
Which basically means, he wants his servant to play him music and then
when he gets bored of it then he tells him to stop, just like that.
Orsino loves Olivia loads but doesn’t care that Viola fancies him or
that Olivia doesn’t love him or that Olivia has just lost her father
and brother.
Olivia is a countess. She is selfish with her mourning for her father
and brother. She doesn’t care that Orsino is deeply in love with her,
she is too busy mourning and feeling sorry for herself. She is also
selfish when she falls in love with Viola thinking she is Cesario, a
man, not caring that Cesario might not fancy her; or when Sebastian
comes that he might not be Cesario.
Malvolio is really self-obsessed and vain. He practically fancies
himself. He sits in his study doing absolutely nothing and then moans
when he hears a noise that disturbs him from his deep daydream.
Shakespeare made him based on the puritans as revenge because they
were selfish in his opinion.
The reason Malvolio is disturbed from his daily lonely meditations is
usually because of Sir Toby and his fellow drunks partying in the
night.
and laughs at him, however I think that this is down to him being a
and asks him if he needs to use the restroom. He says yes and is very
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream In the following essay I am aiming to show how Lysander's claim that 'the course of true love never did run smooth' is supported by other events in the play. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written by William Shakespeare. No one knows the exact date it was written but we know it was between 1589 and 1595. He combines romance with comedy to produce this popular story.
Hermia , Lysander , Helena and Demetrius represent young love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream . They are potrayed as foolish and fickle , acting like children and requiring a parental figure to guide them . The parental figures are Hermia’s father , Egeus , and figuratively Theseus , the mortal ruler , and Oberon , the mystical ruler.
He acts as if he doesn't have a care in the world. He then starts to
There is much to find in the play to makes us smile with lots of songs
Andrew is funny, it is not intentional. His faults include a lack of wit, a
Shakespeare wrote his acclaimed comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream more than a thousand years after Apuleius’ Roman novel, The Golden Ass. Although separated by thousands of years and different in terms of plot and setting, these works share the common theme of a confused and vulnerable man finding direction by relying on a supernatural female. One of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s many subplots is the story of Bottom, a comical figure determined to be taken seriously in his production of a Pyramus and Thisbe. As Bottom becomes caught up in a quarrel between the king and queen of the fairies, the commanders of the enchanted forest where Bottom and his players practice, the “shrewd and knavish sprite” Puck transforms his head into an ass’ s and leads him to be enthralled in a one night stand with the queen, Titania. (2.1.33) Apuleius’s protagonist Lucius endures a similar transformation, after his mistress’s slave girl accidentally bewitches him into a donkey, leaving him even without the ability to speak. Although Lucius’ transformation lasts longer and is more severe, he and Bottom both undergo similar experiences resulting from their animal forms. Lucius’ suffering ultimately leads him to salvation through devotion the cult of Isis, and Bottom’s affair with Titania grants him clarity and a glimpse into similar divine beauty. Ultimately, both asinine characters are saved through their surrender to the goddesses.
shows the audience how he is trying to put the moment off for as long
Throughout history literature has changed into many different forms and styles, it has also stayed the same in many different ways, literary techniques and elements are key to a good piece of writing, a perfect example that shows us just this is in, A Midsummer Nights Dream, where we will further explore the different literary elements that were used most notably the plot. The plot of a story lays out the foundation and the background for the entire play to come, we'll compare and contrast this element and look at the different sub elements which are produced. We will define similarities and difference in these elements form both the play o the film. Taking a look at things such as climax, play incidents, and the conflict will all give us a better understanding of how it affects the similarities and difference of the film versus the play.
...ile dating. He consciously knows what he wants in a long-term relationship but there are also things he is unaware of. In order to consciously answer this question he must be fully open to commitment and love. In addition, he must find his true identity. Once he has found his true identity he can find the intimacy he is looking for.
Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night revolves around a love triangle that continually makes twists and turns like a rollercoaster, throwing emotions here and there. The characters love each another, but the common love is absent throughout the play. Then, another character enters the scene and not only confuses everyone, bringing with him chaos that presents many different themes throughout the play. Along, with the emotional turmoil, each character has their own issues and difficulties that they must take care of, but that also affect other characters at same time. Richard Henze refers to the play as a “vindication of romance, a depreciation of romance…a ‘subtle portrayal of the psychology of love,’ a play about ‘unrequital in love’…a moral comedy about the surfeiting of the appetite…” (Henze 4) On the other hand, L. G. Salingar questions all of the remarks about Twelfth Night, asking if the remarks about the play are actually true. Shakespeare touches on the theme of love, but emphases the pain and suffering it causes a person, showing a dark and dismal side to a usually happy thought.
William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, which is commonly believed to criticize society’s romanticized idea of love, demonstrates that even though love may seem unachievable, it is still possible to find it even in the most unlikely places. Shakespeare illustrates this idea in Twelfth Night through the characters Antonio and Sebastian by subtly suggesting that Antonio and Sebastian are more than just friends. It is Sebastian’s physical beauty that attracts Antonio to him, which leads him to devote himself to Sebastian as a sign of love. Antonio’s love for Sebastian grows to obsession; however Sebastian considers their friendship to be completely plutonic. In addition Sebastian generally tries to save Antonio from his own desire; however he does a bad job by leading him on unintentionally due to his passive nature.
Shakespeare's comedies can be recognized in terms of plot, structure and characters. We can see that Shakespearean comedies follow the same structural pattern, a basic plot on which the play is based. For example, a key feature of all comedies is that they depend upon the resolution of their plots. However, Shakespeare's comedies are distinguishable, as some are classed as comic dramas and others as romantic comedies. In comic drama, there is usually a motif of a place where reality and the unreal merge, the roles of characters are reversed and identities are mistaken or lost. This place may take on the form of a feast or celebration, or it may be presented as a place segregated from the normal society, such as the wood in A Midsummer Night's Dream. When scenes are set in this place, the ordinary rules of life and society do not apply. There is always an experience of chaos, which must be resolved in order for the play to become a true comedy.