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by Torri-ann Smith 2 years ago

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TWELFTH NIGHT

During the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, Shakespeare wrote "Twelfth Night," a romantic comedy set around the festivities of the Twelfth Night, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany.

TWELFTH NIGHT

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