twelth night

"Twelth Night" by William Shakespeare L.O. To be able to identify and anylse the different forms of comedy in 'Twelth Night' by responding, in essay form, to the following title : Traditionally, in the merrymaking of Twelth Night the general order of things is overturned. Show, by reference to several examples, how this topsy-turvydom is presented in 'Twelth Night'. Shakespeare wrote this play in about 1600 to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth and her …

…to show how comedy can be created through the exploration of different and more serious themes. A comedy in Shakespeare's time was a play that ended in the marriage or proposed marriage of characters. At the end of the Twelth Night the mistakes are rectified in the marriages of Orsino and Viola, Olivia and Sebastian, and Sir Toby and Maria. Shakespeare shows that despite their weaknesses, well-meaning individuals will finally make sense of their situations.