12th night
Finish the quote, if music be the food of love____
Play on, dont stop
What Roman myth does Orsino reference in Act 1 scene 1
the golden arrow of Cupid, the Roman god of love. Orsino compares himself to a stag being hunted to allude to the Diana
What are the two interpritations of love expressed in twelth night
Love is meaningful(Antonio)
Love is meaningless(Orsino/Olivia)
How is gender presented
fluid, very deceptive , expressed through male actors playing a woman playing a man
How is class presented
It is wrong to go against class and the norms created by it, this is seen through the pubishment of Malvolio
What is comedic about the Trevor Nunn 12th night film version of Sebatian and Viola
Violas only disguise is a mustache, driving home the idea of gender being a performance, with such a small masculine detail deceiving everyone
Give one example of 12th night being metatheatrical
constant 4th wall breaks, the hypothesis of the viewers being as bad as the villains...
Give one way Malvolios prisom has beem presented
Hole in the floor of the stage, Cage hanging from ceiling...
Who writes the letter From "olivia" to Malvolio
Maria
What does Malvolio belive will "cure Olivias sadness"
His "rich golden shaft"
What would a marxist say about 12th night
it enrourages conformatism with those who rebel against the norm and social ranks such a malvolio are punished, only maria succeeds through marriage
What is suggested through Antonio and sebastian sharing a bed
A sexual or loving relationship that transcends friendship
What can 12th night also be called
Carnivalesque, a celebration in which a low ranking servant acts as a king of the people for a day, representing how social disorder is used to control or strengthen social order
What would a postmodern theorist say about 12th night
Shakespeare was ahead of his time, expressing postmodern themes in Elizebethen society, with social disorder and gender fluidity
What is the consensus of the play
That Love can be the cause of suffering
What does Hershwl Baker suggest about Orsino
He is a naricacistic fool
What is Michael Dobsons view of the play
The play is offering a glimpse not just of comic sexual self-delusion but of a potentially subversive upwards mobility
What does Jam Kott say about homosexual desire in the play
The desire of Orsino for his page, of Olivia for a woman, and of Antonio for his young master, is not ‘confined’ in marriage resolutions
How has audiece attitudes developed towards the play over time
We are more sympathetic to Malvolio, and are more accepting of the fluidity of love and gender
What historical era was the play written in
Elizebethan/ late reneiscance