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    Choose 2 scenes in Twelfth Night and state how you would direct them Choose 2 scenes in Twelfth Night and state how you would direct them. Discuss some of the challenges you might face in directing the play to a modern audience. Being one of Shakespeare’s best romantic comedies, Twelfth Night has been re-enacted many a times, be it during Elizabethan times, or in modern times. Although set in the Elizabethan era, Twelfth Night has its charms. And indeed, it proves to be relevant and intimate

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    Surname 1 Name: Course: Instructor: Date: The Twelfth Night This is a short story revolving around a small Kingdom by the name Illyria. The two major female characters in the story are Viola and Lady Olivia. The main theme that revolves around the story is that of love. This paper is an analysis of the lives of Viola and Lady Olivia, their similarities, their differences and their reaction to love. The similarities of both Olivia and Viola are that they are both involved in the small love triangle

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    because people are always praising me that I’m so perfect, but I’m not. I just can’t stand it anymore! It is so bothersome! So I’m just going to tell you the truth even though I’m not supposed to. So don’t tell anyone. Shh! So here’s how it goes. I live in a really big mansion. My father is a business person but I don’t really remember who he works for. My mother died when I was 10 and now I’m 20 and single and ready to mingle. My dad remarried when I was 12 and my step-mother had two daughters. Oh

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    Fitzgerald began working on ‘Tender is the Night’ during the late 1920s but found it difficult as his wife Zelda’s mental illnesses and their money issues had affected him. When Zelda had her first nervous breakdown in 1930s they were living in Europe and she was hospitalized in Switzerland. It became certain that she would never recover fully. Fitzgerald's father died in 1931, which can be seen in the novel portrayed as Dick’s father’s death. Combined with his insistent alcoholism, these misfortunes

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    William Shakespeare is considered to be one of the greatest playwrights in the history of the English language. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. While there are no official birth records for William Shakespeare, there is a church in Stratford-upon-Avon which claims to have Shakespeare’s baptism records. According to these records William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564. There is marriage records show that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. The

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    emotions and personality to remain hidden forever. In Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night, disguises and mistaken identities play a dominant role in influencing the professions and love lives of several character. By looking at the mistaken identity of Viola as Cesario, Maria's handwriting and Feste's role as the household fool, it is evident that mistaken identity plays a vital role in the plot development of the Twelfth Night. The first character to introduce the theme of mistaken identity and disguise

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    In Twelfth Night and The Faerie Queene, both stories consists of relationships where one of the affiliates making up the bond believe they are in love with their complement. The relationships being referred to are that of Britomart and Artegal, Orsino and Olivia, and Viola and Olivia. These relationships demonstrate the assertion of true love not existing in the story, since fancy is a requirement for love throughout the story. Orsino and Olivia’s relationship will be used as my opening example

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    Every morning I would wake up to hearing my mother cleaning up around the house and the smell of breakfast in the air. This morning in particular I heard nothing at all which I found very strange. I got up and checked on my little sister and I turn on the television like I usually do, but this time I didn’t. My mother would always come on our end of the house and see if we were up, but nothing not even a good morning. This is when I knew something was wrong, I had to face to music and see what I

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    “Strawberry Spring” has offered the reader an opportunity to “show that we are not afraid” of facing our fears that often plague our mind (King, “Why we” 1). Stephen King’s stories has kept us on the edge of our seats and awake at night in fear of the Boogeyman waiting in the closet. Our fears has been the soft areas within our bodies we would never want to be prodded at by another or intense thrillers. At some point, everyone must face their fears or inevitability of such fears. For example, near

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    Cruelty in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night" is also subtitled as "What you Will" which shows that this should be a happy, festive comedy, its title is from the twelve-day cycle of celebration enjoyed by medieval revellers each December. As this is a comedy it means that there are multiple marriages in the final scene and happy endings for most, except maybe one person who is seen as a fool throughout the play in this instance, Sir Andrew or Malvolio

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