Twelfth Night

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Twelfth Night

Direct Characterization: where the author directly states personalities about the character Indirect Characterization: where the author shows things that eventually reveal the personality of the characterOrsinoIn the play Orsino's love for Olivia is shown through indirect characterization because he keeps sending a messenger trying to persuade her to love him.OliviaIn the play Olivia's love for Cesario is shown through direct characterization because she clearly states she loves him.

William Shakespeare was a English playwright, actor, and poet. He created plays and poems. Shakespeare lived in Stratford-upon-Avon from 1564 to 1616. He made many plays catorgorized into tragedy, comedy, and histories, and Twelfth Night is one of his famous comedies.

Plot, Subplot, and Plot twists:Plot is the main story and explains how things happen in the story as it goes on, the main plot is about the love triangle of Orsino, Oliva, and Viola.The subplot is another story within the main plot and can affect what happens in the main plot. The subplots in the story is when Antonio saves Sebastian, Viola's twin brother. Another subplot is when Maria, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew get revenge on Malvolio forging a love letter to him in Olivia's handwriting.Plot twist is an event that happens unexpectedly. An example of a plot twist is when Olivia saves Sebastian from a duel with Sir Toby but Olivia mistakens Sebastian for Cesario. Soon after Olivia asks Sebastian to marry her and they marry in secret. This causes complications because now Olivia can mistaken Sebastian for Cesario and Cesario for Sebastian.

Allusion: A referance to mythology, historical event, science, religion, etc.Symbolism: representing things with symbols"If music be the food of love, play on (Act 1, Scene 1)" Orsino says that if music is love keep playing because he is love sick."O, she that hath a heart of that fine frame (Act 1, Scene 1)" Orsino is saying that Olivia the countess is a fine figure (nice looking)."My state is desperate for my master’s love (Act 2, Scene 2)” Olvia is saying she want's the Duke's love."The dev’l a puritan that he is, or any thing constantly but a time-pleaser, an affection’d ass, that cons state without book, and utters it by great swarths; the best persuaded of himself, so cramm’d (as he thinks) with excellencies, that it is his grounds of faith that all that look on him love him; and on that vice in him will my revenge find notable cause to work (Act 2, Scene 3)" Maria is saying that Malvoilio is like the devil because he is mean."That nature pranks her in attracts my soul (Act 2, Scene 4) the Duke is saying that he likes Olivia for her own natural self, not her gold or treasures and that he can provide her with gems.

Twelfth Night

Irony:Irony can be classified as three things: verbal, dramatic, and situational.Verbal irony is when words are used opposite to it's literal meaning. For example in Act 1 Scene 3 when Sir Andrew was dancing, Sir Toby tells Sir Andrew that he is good at dancing but he is actually making fun of him.Second is situational irony. Situational irony is the outcome that is said is different from what was intended. One example of this is when Viola, Orsino, and Olivia are in a love triangle. But Olivia loves Cesario, which is actually Viola, and Viola loves Orsino but Orsino loves Olivia and Orsino doesn't know that Viola is dressed as a man named Cesario.Another example of irony is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows what's going on but not the characters. For example in the play when Cesario and Orsino are talking, Orsino tells Cesario that " he " looks like a woman, which he actually is but only the audience knows this and not Orsino.

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Direct and Indirect Characterization


Allusion and Symbolism

Plot, Subplot, and Plot Twists

Act 5, Scene 1

In Act 5, Scene 1 Viola and Sebastian reunite, Sebastian and Olivia get married along with Viola and Orsino. Malvolio gets out of the dark room and gets to Olivia's property and gets made a fool of because he shows the love letter to Olivia and she says she didn't write it. Also, Maria and Sir Toby get married and move away.


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