TWELFTH NIGHT

society was class-based

1558-1603

Shakespeare published his first play

Nobody drank water

Witch hysteria occurred

1603 1625-

James I was king of England

The society of the Jacobean Era was very hierarchical

British established colonies

Jacobean people were religious

Only play Shakespeare sub-titled "What you will"

was written between 1600-1602, England

It's a romantic comedy

Twelfth night festivities included masquerades

Twelfth Night is the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6

Orsino

nobleman of illyria

in love with the idea of being in love

lovesick for Olivia

Viola

Protagonist in 12th night

a woman of aristocratic birth

disguised herself as a young man

Olivia

noble Illyrian lady

attracts attention of men who would like to marry her

her father and brother recently died

Sebastian

Viola's twin brother

noble young man

shipwrecked along with his sister

ended up in Illyria