explore key ideas still relevant in our own time. Shakespeare’s play Twelfth night was written in 1602‚ as a comedy. It contains ideas and themes that link it closely with society. Twelfth Night explores the idea of love through his characterisation of Viola and Duke Orsino. Andy Fickman’s film modernised Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night through the change of some parts of the play and updating them. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is the original text of She’s the Man. Twelfth Night explores the key idea of
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is Rosalind‚ a woman that has stolen Romeo’s heart at the beginning of the play. "Romeo and Rosaline. Scene one. God‚ I’m Good." (Norman pg.20). This shows how Will is inspired by Rosaline. It is not until he encounters the young noblewoman‚ Viola de Lesseps‚ that he discovers true love. This love that he meets is the one who takes his heart and is so special. The connection between Will and the woman he fell are love with is so special. Ultimately this movie is about the making of a
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secret affects the plot and adds to the main theme of the work. Viola‚ a character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ must keep the secret of her true identity. The play uses secrecy as an important element of the plot by creating irony‚ situational comedy‚ and tension‚ as well as affecting the plot and contributing to the overall meaning of the play. The plot of Twelfth Night is affect by the secret that Viola keeps and reveals. Viola is a lady of Messaline who has been shipwrecked on the coast of
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The love triangle occurs between Oliva‚ a noblewoman‚ Duke Orsino‚ and Viola‚ who is also disguised as a man named Cesario. Viola is in disguise as a man to work for Duke Orsino. The play progresses and Viola begins to fall for Orsino. However Orsino is in love with Olivia. Orsino sends Cesario/Viola over to Oliva’s home in attempts to “whoo” her. Olivia begins to fall for Cesario. Eventually everyone figures out that Viola is a woman because her twin‚ Sebastian enters the picture. However there
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variation of deception in this play was when Viola disguises herself as a man (Cesario)‚ Viola who barely escapes a shipwreck and gets rescued by a captain from a shipwreck and taken to Illyria‚ Viola feels the need to deceive the strangers of Illyria in order to protect her. She feels‚ it is unsafe and unwise if she reveals her true identity because it could be very easy to take advantage of her in this situation. The captain of the shipwrecked vessel advises Viola to go and find a job with the Duke Orsino
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genders couldn’t be very common back then because we can’t even accept it now! Of course all actors were men‚ so they even played women‚ but what is the likelihood of a woman dressing as men outside of a play. To me the acceptance of the captain with Viola when she decides she will be a man is jarring. I wish it was like that today. With what we perceive as more openness in the world has led to gender identities not just being what was assigned to us at birth. There
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Will Shakespeare ‘a lowly player’ with writer’s block and wealthy Viola De Lesseps who dreams of ‘love as there has never been in a play‚’ it explores the idea of ‘the truth and nature of love’ in the Elizabethan era. Madden portrays the harsh realities of the time through filmatic techniques such as dialogue‚ motifs and costuming to constantly remind the viewer throughout the film that the romance that is shared by Will and Viola cannot last in sixteenth century England. This is worth leaning about
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from completely different ends of the class spectrum. Will Shakespeare is a “lowly player” with writer’s block searching for his muse and wealthy Viola De Lesseps who dreams of “love as there has never been in a play” are fortune’s fools as the viewer must come to realise that love cannot conquer all. Madden conveys the division between Will and Viola through use of dialogue‚ mis-en-scene‚ camera shots and costuming. It is through these techniques that as a twenty-first century viewer I became able
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and loves him a lot during the play. "Viola: To woo your lady. [Aside] Yet a barful strife! Whoe’er I woo‚ myself would be his wife. Viola is a true lover because she is very sincere to Orsino throughout the play; moreover‚ obediently carries out Orsino’s orders to woo Olivia; she tells Olivia what genuine love really is like and she is willing to die for love. There was another true love situation; however‚ this time Viola was on the receiving end. Viola was given the job to woo Olivia‚ it went
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triangles. One example of this may be the Orsino‚ Olivia‚ Viola‚ Sebastian triangle. Although Orsino seemed to have a passionate love for Olivia‚ Viola is another obvious candidate for his affection. Through out Viola’s time as Cesario‚ Orsino’s feelings for her seem to come out more and more. Viola is a good friend to Orsino‚ knows him quite well and likes him for himself‚ not his money or looks. Despite several lies and misunderstandings‚ Viola [aka Cesario] stayed loyal to Orsino. This proving she
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