TWELFTH NIGHT
Characters
Sebastian
Viola's twin brother
noble young man
ended up in Illyria
shipwrecked along with his sister
Olivia
noble Illyrian lady
Viola
Protagonist in 12th night
disguised herself as a young man
a woman of aristocratic birth
Orsino
nobleman of illyria
lovesick for Olivia
in love with the idea of being in love
Title of the play
Twelfth Night is the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6
Twelfth night festivities included masquerades
It's a romantic comedy
was written between 1600-1602, England
Only play Shakespeare sub-titled "What you will"
Jacobean Era
Jacobean people were religious
British established colonies
The society of the Jacobean Era was very hierarchical
James I was king of England
1603 1625-
Elizaethan Era
Witch hysteria occurred
Nobody drank water
Shakespeare published his first play
1558-1603
society was class-based