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- Twelfth Night is a very traditional comedy.
- Aristotle described comedies as having common elements, such as: the main character being a woman. In Twelfth Night, this is Viola.
- The language, characters, and lifestyle portrayed in the plays were never far from being British.
- The title of the play " Twelfth Night " is not related to its content .
- The play has 2 titles: "Twelft Night" or "What You Will" . Twelfth Night was first performed 12 nights after Christmas on the 6th of January.
- Theme: caprice A frivolous , whimsical attitude towards life and love.
- Twelfth Night is a satire on love, mainly Petrarchan love. In his poetry, Petrarch created a distance and a sense of unworthiness, between the loved one and the lover.
- The man places the woman on a pedestal - an unequal relationship is implied.
- Theme: disguise This theme has been an element in Western comic theatre since ancient Greece.
- Cross-dressing increases this play's comic element. In Shakespeare's time there were no female actresses, therefore men also had to play female roles.
- The setting of the plays were usually chosen according to the theme of the play. An example would be the exotic and remote setting of Illyria in "Twelfth Night " which was suitable for a tale of disguise, intrigue and romance.
- Theme: Love Love is a recurrent theme in Shakespeare's work. It is found in most of his plays such as " Othello " and "Romeo and Juliette"
- I'm Sebastian !
- Mistaken identity was very common in Shakespeare's plays, especially in his comedies.
- No , I'm Sebastian !
- The heroines in Shakespeare's romantic comedies always end up teaching the men valuable lessons. They can only do so by disguising themselves as men.
- "How about you give me that ring you are wearing" .
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