After first reading Twelfth Night I was puzzled at Olivia's denial of Orsino's hand in marriage and her subsequent desire for Cesario. After considerable thought and research, I intend to propose and support the argument that Olivia is not being simply "coy" towards Orsino, nor does she desire Cesario because he/she is attracted to him/her. She denies Orsino because of her refusal to marry a man of higher rank and desires to marry Cesario because he is a man of lower rank. Olivia wants to give the
Plethora of Fools in Twelfth Night Folly is one of the main weaknesses in Twelfth Night with a number of characters portraying their own strange foolish ways. Feste is the professional fool; he is the most noticeable fool and is very quickly recognised by the audience as an intelligent man. Orsino and Olivia are really foolish because of the decisions they make but they are regarded as intelligent. The biggest fool of all is Olivia's steward, Malvolio. Feste was obviously the most
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
Olivia’s servant, was tricked by Maria into loving Olivia. Additionally, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, a wealthy friend of Olivia’s uncle, wants to marry Olivia for her money. The characters involved in this terrible situation are unable to realize the person they love does not love them in return. Twelfth Night highlights the character defects of vanity, self-absorption, and egotism in the individuals Malvolio, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Olvia. These personality flaws blind them from proper discernment of relationship
Churchill). Truth be told, Sir Andrew’s equation does not consist of enduring enthusiasm. But Sir Andrew is a man who is very well acquainted with the people of Illyria and the modern readers of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as an unintelligent, craven and arrogant fool of a knight who would absolutely not find any success if he were to live in 2014. It is very clear to anyone that Sir Andrew Aguecheek was put in Twelfth Night to comically please Shakespeare’s audience. His foolish, yet leech like
A book is simply a compilation of related words which the author, a linguistic craftsman, expertly places and strings together with specific intent; a web of lies is nothing but a bundle of words which the trickster weaves to obstruct the mental senses of the deceived. And yet, the inversion or even the slight variation of those same words allows for the reversal of black and white, and lies can subsequently become truth. Further, this language alteration allows the masks and disguises assembled
and deception has numerous effects: it gives way to ironic humor; it is used to explore characters and relationships; it develops a strong connection between the main plot (with Viola, Orsino, Olivia, and the others) and the sub-plot (involving Sir Andrew, Sir Toby, Malvolio, and Maria). The following piece from Twelfth Night proves how Shakespeare successfully communicates these elements. The scene involving Viola and Olivia outlines this; the essence of the play. ('I prithee, tell me what thoust
Toby likes Eunice but Eunice is a nerd and feels embarrassed if he was to go out with her. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew Aguecheek: Members of Olivia’s household. Sir Andrew loves Olivia and is trying to get her to court with him. Maria: Olivia’s friend who is a bit on the outside but constantly follows Olivia around. Maria: A member of Olivia’s household who is referred to as the ‘witty and
Feste is a jester, clown or fool who moves between the homes of Olivia and Orsino. During the Renaissance, monarchs and some noble families had fools or clowns in their households as entertainers- to sing, make witty observations and play practical jokes. Shakespeare usually includes at least one clown in most of his comedies. This is how Feste earns his living, along with giving other characters shrewd advice. Despite being a professional fool, Feste often seems the most intelligent person in Twelfth
that they were written into the play just to be foolish and make the audience laugh. This is similar to Feste’s, the allowed fool, role in Twelfth Night. However, Feste also sings songs to the family and had thrown an unappreciated party. Sir Andrew Aguecheek can also be quite the fool, for instance he uses the word ‘methinks’ in line 82 of Act 1, Scene 3; "Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has." Olivia and Hero also can be compared. They are the leading
Beyond Seriousness to Wisdom in Twelfth Night Shakespeare seems preoccupied with madness and folly in Twelfth Night. The word "fool" and its variants ("foolery," "foolish," and so forth) appear eighty times in the play, and the word "folly" occurs seven times. There are, in addition, other means of indicating foolishness such as Maria's "Now, sir, thought is free" (1.3.67). As Feste suggests, "Foolery ... does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere" (3.1.39-40). Robert Armin
Shakespeare was a master of creating characters whose morality remained ambiguous throughout his plays. For instance, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice is an extremely unlikeable character, although his motivations are clear, making him more sympathetic. However, Shakespeare also knew how to write characters who could be nothing but likable. Antonio in Twelfth Night and Kent from King Lear are two of the most admirable characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Both are paragons of virtue, valuing honesty
Malvolio and during the play a questionably ‘funny’ joke is played on him. Malvolio is the person who tries to enforce and maintain the rules and therefore spoil all the festive fun. However another servant, Maria, along with Sir Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek play a joke on him, which is later (perhaps) taken too far. Malvolio is also very officious he values status and reputation. Malvolio's name means "bad desires" or "bad intentions."; his name seems to reflect his personality. In Act I
that Sir Toby lives as he wills, he also uses and manipulates other people, such as Olivia the Countess and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, to provide for the necessities, such as food and shelter, whilst excluding the need to do any work. He says to himself, “Marry, I'll ride [Andrew's] horse as well as I ride you” (3.4.266). His manipulative traits validate the fact that characters such as Sir Andrew are only a pawn within his game of life. He persuades him to do his bidding, which gives him advantage over the
of the Illyria Study of the ‘Twelfth Night’ Twins Separated in Early Childhood are discussed in this article. The ‘Twelfth Night Twins’ study is a project that began in 2008 whose primary researchers include A. Captain, M. Feste, B. Malvolio , A. Aguecheek, and T. Belch. The most commonly recognised ‘Twelfth Night Twins’ studies have concentrated on two aspects of human functioning: cognitive ability and personality. The conclusions of Captain et al. have been widely reported, and their participants
Hurricanes are notoriously capricious. Andrew was a compact system. A little larger system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have been catastrophic for heavily populated, highly commercialized and no less vulnerable areas to the north. That area includes downtown Miami, Miami Beach, Key Biscayne and Fort Lauderdale. Andrew also left the highly vulnerable New Orleans region relatively unscathed. Andrew moved nearly due westward when over land and crossed
Flappers When one thinks of flappers, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of a woman dressed much like Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie, bobbed hair, fringed low-waisted dress, flat-chested and highly made up face. This, though a stereotype is close to the truth. In the 20’s after the first world war women’s roles in society began to change, primarily because they started becoming more independent – both in their dress and action. They started to defy what was considered
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The Poetry of Andrew Marvell and John Donne The seventeenth century was an era of beautiful poetry. Two poets in particular, Andrew Marvell and John Donne, wrote carpe diem poetry full of vivid imagery and metaphysical conceits. Each conveyed the message of "living for the now." This message can be clearly seen in the poems "To his Coy Mistress" by Marvell and Donne’s "Flea." By using clever metaphors and meter, the poems not only are symbolic, but have almost a physical aspect to them. Though
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