Shakespeare uses this theme of different kinds of love to show the many different situations that can arise from these different kinds of love, and henceforth lead the audience to think deeper and ponder upon the wonders of the different kinds of love....
Discuss the different kinds of love presented in the play. Twelfth Night, in itself, portrays many hidden meanings and themes that speak out to different people, in different ways. Shakespeare makes use of the many characters, and choreographs different steps and creates relationships and the plot, and sub-plot, to make Twelfth Night complete, with its many themes. One of the central messages of this play is prominently, love. With this main theme, Shakespeare creates an interesting plot and sub-plot, to entertain, and also provoke his audience to think hard, and allow them to decide for themselves, which kind of love is one that they would choose in their own lives. Different kinds of love, such as in love with the idea of love, imaginary love, self-indulgent love, self-love, or true, sacrificial love are displayed in this play. Shakespeare uses this theme of different kinds of love to show the many different situations that can arise from these different kinds of love, and henceforth lead the audience to think deeper and ponder upon the wonders of the different kinds of love. "What you will", could probably be speaking out to the audience as well, to carefully think about which type of love impresses upon them most, and allow the audience to choose for themselves, what applies to them the most. One of the main types of love portrayed would be romantic love. Romantic
How does Shakespeare explore the theme of deception and self-deception in Twelfth Night?
How does Shakespeare explore the theme of deception and self-deception in Twelfth Night? Deception is the use of deceit that deceives everyone around you including yourself. It is the fact or state of being deceived. It can be a ruse or a trick in disguise, which deludes, giving a sense of indirection. It's a misleading falsehood. One can deceive by running away from even their true self either physically or mentally. Self-deception on the other hand is the act of deluding oneself by creating illusionary ideas. It is a misconception that is favourable to the person who holds it. On the whole, self-deception basically is when a character is lying to his or herself. William Shakespeare shows us these two different types of deception in Twelfth Night. In the play not only does deception act as a quality shown in the play. It is also one of the themes in Twelfth Night that the play revolves around as Shakespeare makes it out to be by presenting the character of 'Caesario'. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare presents the obvious deception of the play that is Viola. Viola's role in the play is purely based on the ideas of disguise and deception. She initially deceives everyone by disguising herself as a man, 'Cesario', in order to serve Orsino. We can see this from the quote, "For such disguise as haply shall become: The form of my intent". From this quote, we can see that Viola
Twelfth Night - Feste's self.
Feste's self: Feste is an observer. He sees through people. Though he's a kind of entertainer, who will only perform for money, what he chooses to sing to people is intentionally relevant and disturbing to them. People find the truth very hard to deal with, for example, 'Peace, you rogue...here comes my lady'. This story shows people avoiding the truth at every level. Especially since they are being called 'fools' or 'clowns', and not really taken seriously. For example, the fool in King Lear was constantly being threatened with hangings and beatings, but this was only as he was a 'witty fool'. Again with Feste in Twelfth Night, who also is threatened with hangings, due to his absence. But Feste does not fear this threat, and in fact makes a joke of it; mocking Maria and using a sexual pun at the same time. This confidence comes from the fact that it wasn't their job to simply provide amusement, but also to make critical comments and provide advice, as Olivia asks him: 'What's a drunken man like, fool?'. And because he is an 'allowed fool' he was able to say what he thinks, without fear of punishment, 'there's no slander in an allowed fool'. Since the only relationship that involves Feste, is that between Olivia's family, he has the ability to mediate between the whole cast. He is regarded as a close friend to Olivia, 'What is a drunken man like, fool?', as well as Sir
Discuss the different kinds of love presented in the play.
Literature Text [Twelfth Night] Pg 319 Discuss the different kinds of love presented in the play. In this play, Twelfth Night, there are various kinds of love presented but they can be categorized as true love and infatuation. There is also another kind of love portrayed in this play which is friendship. Self-love is surely one other factor in this play. Well, what is the definition of love? True love to be exact. True love is basically based on inner qualities and actions. It is genuine and sincere. It is sacrificial meaning that it serves others. True love is driven by reason, principles of trust and commitment. It is centered on pleasing the other party. One character that shows true love is Viola. Well, then what is Infatuation? It is firstly not true love! It is plain obsession which is insincere, superficial which means that it is based on just words and displays of affection. It expects the other party to meet your needs and expectations. It is basically driven by emotions and is based on external appearance. It is self-centered and only temporary which means that it is not ever-lasting like true love which is undying and permanent and short-term like infatuation. Almost all characters in the play Twelfth Nigh portray infatuation, one of them are Orsino. Self-love is portrayed by many in this play, for example it is shown obviously through Malvolio and Sir Andrew.
Viola's thoughts
Viola s thought s My life is now in an official state of turmoil, it's turned upside down and the solution is not within reaching distance. How can one solitary person feel so many different emotions? Right now I am going to tell the countess Olivia that my master - the person I have inevitably fallen for -Duke Orsino is in love with her. Why my love for the duke is ever growing I am still unsure. He is trying to woo an innocent and grieving woman, who has vowed not to love for seven years as she is in mourning for her brother. This is why I feel a connection to dear Olivia, but amidst all this confusion she seems to have shown an interest in me- what I am supposed to do about that is beyond my knowledge! I pity her, as she knows not what she is letting herself in for. Maybe my disguise was not such a good plan after all. If only my brother Sebastian was here, I wouldn't have to carry on this charade. What has become of him I wonder...I miss him so much, I should still hope? Now, what to say to Olivia? I have to carry out my master's wishes, but she has already made it clear she has no feelings for him! Still he persists though, always walking around looking lovesick, why only this morning the duke said 'Get thee to yond sovereign cruelty, Tell her of my love, more noble than the world' showing his incessant nature. What followed though confirmed my suspicions about
Orsino is the romantic leading man in Twelfth Night, who is passionately sentimental suitor of his neighbour, Countess Olivia, however she does not return his love.
Orsino!!! Orsino is the romantic leading man in Twelfth Night, who is passionately sentimental suitor of his neighbour, Countess Olivia, however she does not return his love. Orsino is moody and self obsessed; the famous speech with which he opens the play makes it clear that he is in love with love: 'If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. That strain again, it had a dying fall. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Enough, no more, 'tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea, naught enters there, Of what validity and pitch so e'er, But falls into abatement and low price Even in a minute! So full of shapes is fancy That it alone is high fantastical.' Orsino becomes very attached to his new page, Cesario un-knowing his true identity of Viola a woman. When Viola's true self is revealed Orsino quickly transfers his love from Olivia to Viola. The issue of gender is a bit ambiguous in Twelfth Night. Orsino: ? Count/ ruler of Illyria ? Lovesick for lady Olivia (she doesn't return his affections) ? Viola taken into service as Cesario (tries to woo Olivia for Orsino) ? His affections shift by the end of the play (drops
Twelfth Night, the themes of mistaken identities, disguise, true love and self-indulging love.
Characters and events are important factors in plays as their interactions throughout the plot develop the central ideas or themes that the author wishes to communicate to the audience. Some common themes are investigations into common human experiences that may involve complex moral issues or questions the integrity of relationships. A play which uses characters and events to explore such important themes is Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. The dominant themes Shakespeare introduces in Twelfth Night are love and deception. Love and deception are critical in that they embody the values for humans in today's society since love comforts humans and bring them together while deception is the betrayal of truth and honesty which causes separation and anguish. Shakespeare uses these themes in order to demonstrate a rich variety of relationships. Shakespeare presents love throughout the play to provide the audience with his perspective on love as it exists in human society including self-love, selfless love and true love. Shakespeare illustrates the different aspects of love throughout the play by the language used including soliloquies, metaphors, motifs and symbols. Self-love is one's self indulgence disguised as love in order to fulfill or satisfy one's egotism. In Twelfth Night, self-love is represented by the characters of Olivia, Orsino and Malvolio. Olivia embodies
In the first two scenes, we meet the three main characters, Viola, Orsino, and Olivia. Describe the situations all three are in, and how they face the problems to do with time and love
In the first two scenes, we meet the three main characters, Viola, Orsino, and Olivia. Describe the situations all three are in, and how they face the problems to do with time and love Viola, Orsino and Olivia are involved in a love triangle by the end of scene 5, as a result of the themes of love and time. Orsino is an apparently impatient man over the prospect of love; when Valentine returns from Olivia's house, he questions him about the meeting, "How now? What news from her?", are the first words he says to him, asking for information about the situation with Olivia. His pursuit of Olivia, which he turns around and claims that he is the "hart, / And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, / E'er since pursue me", where he compares himself to the hunter Achaean who was turned into a stag by Diana, and set upon by his own hounds when he looked at her, which is against the world picture. His slip between "hart" and "heart" help to show the dream world in which Orsino lives in. The romanticism of the words he uses shows how besotted, and almost obsessed with Olivia; the synesthesia used by Orsino over the "sweet sound / That breathes upon a bank of violets", which can't really be heard, shows how his "love" affects all his senses, and makes him lose control of them. The comparison of love with food and music is also a kind of synesthesia; "If music be the food of love...Give
Twelfth night - Analyse the different types of love introduced by Shakespeare in act one.
'Analyse the different types of love introduced by Shakespeare in act one' In the play 'Twelfth Night,' Shakespeare discovers and exemplifies the sentiment of love with precise detail. Throughout act 1, Shakespeare examines two different types of love: Self-love and selfish love. 'Twelfth Night' so far consists of various love triangles, though many of the characters that are tangled up in the web of love are sightless to see that their emotions and feelings toward other characters are untrue. Firstly, we can see that Orsino is in love with Olivia deeply as he pesters her and she recognizes that she wants nothing to do with him, but we see that Orsino cannot handle rejection as he continues on talking of the 'sweet sound' and the charming 'odour' he senses. We can identify the hyperbole used of his language showing that he is in love with the sensation of the theme of love, rather than with the particular woman. This suggestion is reinforced by the fact that he does not mention Olivia by name until line twenty. Orsino's first scene is significant in establishing his love for Olivia, and it appears as if it is a rather self indulgent emotion which has little to do with her as and individual and instead shows an image of her 'purging the air of pestilence.' Orsino already demonstrates his self-love as we cannot grasp whether he in love with Olivia for certain, Olivia seems
How does Shakespeare present the role of Feste in Twelfth Night?
How does Shakespeare present the role of "Feste" in Twelfth Night? In William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night the character of Feste is a solitary wit surrounded by fools. His occupation is that of Olivia's paid fool, which she inherited from her father, 'Feste the jester... a fool that the Lady Olivia's father took much pleasure in.' This long standing relationship may be the reason he seems to have a status higher than that of a servant within the household, and appears to leave and return at will without fear of punishment, 'Tell me where thou hast been or my lady will hang thee...Let her hang me.' This may also be because of Elizabethan attitudes towards allowed fools, who had gained popularity due to their presence in many royal courts. Feste`s palpable intelligence is an integral part of his role, as he uses it to communicate the subtext of Shakespeare`s complicated plot to both the other characters and the audience. It is therefore ironic that the fool is so frequently said to be dishonest, 'Y`are a dry fool: I`ll take no more of you. Besides, you grow dishonest,' as throughout the play he does nothing but divulge truths. His cleverness is immediately apparent upon his first appearance for several different reasons. If he were not a fool then he would have no other way of making money, thus his decision to ingratiate himself once more into Olivia's good graces is a