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Twelfth Night

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There is very little here to set this play apart from the rest of Shakespeare's comedies, other than, perhaps, the fact that it has more of the usual comedic plot devices than usual. There is the cross-dressing woman who is fallen in love with by another woman, there are the twins separated, there are the usual litany of star-crossed lovers each in love with someone who doesn't requite their love (until, of course, the end; this being a comedy, everything must come out all right in the end.) All told, about the only memorable line from this play is "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them."

A perfectly amusing bit of Shakespearean fluff, but there is little to recommend this play that wouldn't likewise recommend almost any of Shakespeare's comedies.

This is, by far, one of my most favorite Shakespeare plays. It's hilarious-probably the funniest I've read. Shakespeare has the nuttiest characters, such as Sir Toby and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who likes to drink and be silly more than anything else. Then there's Maria, the conniving servant, who fools Malvolio (the pompous servant) into thinking Olivia (the rich chick) is in love with him, and, of course, he makes a fool out of himself. On top of all that, there's Viola, a girl pretending to be a guy named Cesario, and Olivia falls in love with her/him. It's a hoot. The whole thing. Until my Shakespeare class, I had never even heard of this book, which is a surprise because it's so much better and so much more captivating than some of his other plays. A must read!!!

"Twelfth Night" is one of the famous romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare. Many critics said, "Twelfth Night" is the masterpiece among his comedy because his fully developed style and insight are in the "Twelfth Night", so it has special value and attractiveness.
There are four main characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Duke Orsino, Olivia, Viola, and
Sebastian. Duke Orsino who lives in Illyria loves Olivia, so every day he send one of
his servant to Olivia's house for proposal of marriage. However, every time Olivia
refuses his proposal for the reason that she lost her brother before long, so she is now
in big sorrow and can not love anyone. One day, Viola comes into Illyria. She and her
twin brother Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck and they are rescued by two
different people in two different place, so they think the other one is dead each other.
Viola disguise as a man and become a servant of Duke Orsino, and then she fall in
love with Duke Orsino. But, Duke Orsino loves Olivia and he send Viola whose new
name as a man is "Cesario" to Olivia for proposal. Unexpectedly, Olivia fall in love with
Cesario!! Therefore, love triangle is formed. In the latter scene, Sebastian also come into
Illyria, so the confusion getting worse. However, in the end, all misunderstandings are
solved and Cesario become Viola, so the four main characters find their love.
There are also four supporting characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Clown, Sir Toby Belch,
Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. They make the readers laugh through their funny
behaviors and comments in subplot.
"Twelfth Night" is very funny story and enjoyable book, so I recommend you.

"Twelfth Night" is one of the famous romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare. Many critics said, "Twelfth Night" is the masterpiece among his comedy because his fully developed style and insight are in the "Twelfth Night", so it has special value and attractiveness.
There are four main characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Duke Orsino, Olivia, Viola, and
Sebastian. Duke Orsino who lives in Illyria loves Olivia, so every day he send one of
his servant to Olivia's house for proposal of marriage. However, every time Olivia
refuses his proposal for the reason that she lost her brother before long, so she is now
in big sorrow and can not love anyone. One day, Viola comes into Illyria. She and her
twin brother Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck and they are rescued by two
different people in two different place, so they think the other one is dead each other.
Viola disguise as a man and become a servant of Duke Orsino, and then she fall in
love with Duke Orsino. But, Duke Orsino loves Olivia and he send Viola whose new
name as a man is "Cesario" to Olivia for proposal. Unexpectedly, Olivia fall in love with
Cesario!! Therefore, love triangle is formed. In the latter scene, Sebastian also come into
Illyria, so the confusion getting worse. However, in the end, all misunderstandings are
solved and Cesario become Viola, so the four main characters find their love.
There are also four supporting characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Clown, Sir Toby Belch,
Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. They make the readers laugh through their funny
behaviors and comments in subplot.
"Twelfth Night" is very funny story and enjoyable book, so I recommend you.

"Twelfth Night" is one of the famous romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare. Many critics said, "Twelfth Night" is the masterpiece among his comedy because his fully developed style and insight are in the "Twelfth Night", so it has special value and attractiveness.
There are four main characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Duke Orsino, Olivia, Viola, and
Sebastian. Duke Orsino who lives in Illyria loves Olivia, so every day he send one of
his servant to Olivia's house for proposal of marriage. However, every time Olivia
refuses his proposal for the reason that she lost her brother before long, so she is now
in big sorrow and can not love anyone. One day, Viola comes into Illyria. She and her
twin brother Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck and they are rescued by two
different people in two different place, so they think the other one is dead each other.
Viola disguise as a man and become a servant of Duke Orsino, and then she fall in
love with Duke Orsino. But, Duke Orsino loves Olivia and he send Viola whose new
name as a man is "Cesario" to Olivia for proposal. Unexpectedly, Olivia fall in love with
Cesario!! Therefore, love triangle is formed. In the latter scene, Sebastian also come into
Illyria, so the confusion getting worse. However, in the end, all misunderstandings are
solved and Cesario become Viola, so the four main characters find their love.
There are also four supporting characters in "Twelfth Night" ; Clown, Sir Toby Belch,
Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. They make the readers laugh through their funny
behaviors and comments in subplot.
"Twelfth Night" is very funny story and enjoyable book, so I recommend you.

I thought that this was a good book and the only reason that I gave it 4 stars was because it was so hard to understand. It is a great story about love and disguises, and it is also very funny.

like 'as you like it', i watched two versions of 'twelfth night' and didn't think much of it. the main love story between orsino and viola was ininspired - it made me yawn. the only humor in the play comes from the secondary story of sir toby and his clownish friends, espcially malvolio, the conceited butler. yellow garters! that was a hoot. but viola and orsino? no. especially orsino, who is a wimp and no match for viola. viola herself, while a pretty good female character, is no rosalind. and so it goes. i need to read this play to see what the fuss is about. but based on two viewings, i can't rate this any better than 3 stars.

Hello friends,
This Compact Disc of one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays is absolutly fantabulous. I listened to it every night while reading the book and I still listen to this wonderful play. It makes me giggle. P.s haritha is queertastic. This is also a good cd, for lazy people like Mollie who don't know how to read shakespeare. Haritha is still queertastic.

Hello friends,
This Compact Disc of one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays is absolutly fantabulous. I listened to it every night while reading the book and I still listen to this wonderful play. It makes me giggle. P.s haritha is queertastic. This is also a good cd, for lazy people like Mollie who don't know how to read shakespeare. Haritha is still queertastic.

Viola is shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria, believing her twin brother Sebastian to have been lost. Disguising herself as a young boy, she takes the name of Cesario and becomes employed by the Duke Orsino. Because of "her" wit and charm, she is sent by the Duke as an emissary to court the Lady Olivia. Orsino is in love with Olivia, but the Lady is smitten with Cesario, while Viola is attracted to the Duke. Meanwhile, Sebastian is not dead but comes ashore in another part of the land and arrives in time to be mistaken for Cesario by Olivia. Sebastian is more than willing to return the Lady's affections, which, of course, makes the Duke very upset with Cesario.

There are also a merry band of pranksters involved in the tale, led by Sir Tony Belch, Maria and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who have taken it upon themselves to play a trick on Malvolio, the pompous and puritanical steward of Lady Olivia. Maria writes a letter purporting to come from the Olivia that leads Malvolio to believe the Lady is in love with him and wishes to be married. To prove his love, Malvolio is given a set of bizarre instructions which he willfully follows, to the amusement of the hidden jokesters.

TWELFTH NIGHT, OR, WHAT YOU WILL is probably the most polished comedy to come from the pen of William Shakespeare. Although he has used this mistaken identity ploy in other plays, it works to its best effect in this effort. This is not only his lightest and most musical comedy, it is clearly his most popular. Too bad we do not have the original music composed for this comedic play.