Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. twelfth night Twelfth Night Essay [HOOK] In Twelfth Night, a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, obsession over someone is often mistaken for romance. [TH] True love in fact does not exist in the play. The characters are merely infatuated with each other based upon (ARG 1) appearance, (ARG 2) friendship, and (ARG 3) wealth. [TS] Appearances play a big role in the plot line by showing that most of the characters only become interested in one another depending on their looks. [LEAD UP 1] Duke Orsino claims to be madly in love with the rich Illariyn countess Olivia, despite the fact that he has never spoken to her: [EX 1] "Why so I do, the noblest that I have./ O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,/ Methought she purged the air of pestilence!/ That instant was I turn'd into hart:/ And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,/ E'er since pursue me." (1,1,18-23) [EXPLAIN 1] After being stunned by Olivia's radiating beauty, Orsino has convinced hims... Posted by: Jason Pinsky Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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