TWELFTH NIGHT

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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