Twelfth Night

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Twelfth Night

Fantasy trangressions typical of festival Misrule

Themes

Micro Themes

Master-Servant relationship

Travestry of aristocratic Self-Indulgence

Suffereing

Control of Fate

Self-Delusion

Activity and Passivity

Macro themes

Feast of Fools

Appearance / Illusion and Reality

Mutability of Gender Roles and Identity

Social Class

Deceoption

Folly

Excess, Madness, Love (of different kinds)

Mayhem

Order & Disorder

Dramatic Features

Role of the Fool: Feste

Embodies the role of the theatre

Degree of autonomy

resist instruments of control and authority

social critique

provides commentary, is an observer of events

seemingly impervious to the disguise and deception

He knows of Viola's true nature

Licensed Fool, involved in both plots

Separation and Reunification

Viola and Sebastian

Struggle of young lovers to overcome difficulties

The rest of the characters speak of it implicitly

Even orsino does not actually communicate with Olivia till A5S1

love is hardly explicitly expressed, apart from Antionio to Sebastian and Malvolio's mixup with the letter

Deception amongst characters

ulterior motives

Warped sense of justice

Mistaken identity

Tension and conflict between Characters

plots are intersected to generate more trouble and comedy

Comedic Elements

Humour is presented in an ambivalent manner

Malviolio and Viola's circumstances

The Theatre

Audience has a double awareness of the plot and characters

Dramatic Irony

denounced by the puritans who wished to shut down such establishments

Subplot conflict between Mal and Toby and Anthony as they mock Malvoilio's puritan behaviour

Place for festering sin and revelry

Place for Entertainment and Freedom of Expression

Features of the Play

Renaissance Comedy

The best turn rather than the worst

Not meant to be realistic

Metatheatrical Lens

Draws attention to its own theatrical pretence

Talks about itself as theatrical