This, to the audience, will seem ridiculous and unnecessary creating a subtle sense of humour. Nearing the end of Act 2 we learn about Viola’s plans for her disguise in order to appear less vulnerable. She then goes on to say ‘thou shalt present me as an Eunuch to him’ which will yet again appear an overdramatic act to the audience. In act 3, Sir Toby Belch is introduced into the play. Shakespeare’s wit and word play used even for simply just the names of the characters can build up laughter.
well, for the matter of fact all i had to do was make this up and it worked.... i hope. a central motif in the play is trickery or deceit, whether for good or evil purposes. counterfeiting, or concealing one's true feelings, is part of this motif. everyone seems to lie; good characters as well as evil ones engage in deceit as they attempt to conceal their feelings: beatrice and benedick mask their feelings for one another with bitter insults; don john spies on claudio and hero; don pedro and his 'crew' deceive benedick and beatrice. who hides and what is hidden?
“Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See what a surge(?) is laid upon your hate That heaven finds means to kills yours joys with love” (V, iii, 291-293) “For there never was a story of more woe, then this of Juliet and her Romeo” (V, iii, 309-310) Tragedy- Reinforced by the death of Mercutio as it is seen by Levin as quite an ironic end, as he has been the satirist- “represents the play moving from Romantic comedy to Romantic tragedy.” Comparing Comedy & Tragedy- Tragedy tends to isolate where comedy bring together, to reveal the uniqueness of individuals rather than what they have in common with others.
In this play twelfth night, Shakespeare illustrate the folly and madness of the festive period after Christmas. He uses many characters to show and demonstrate how excessive the madness is and how much stupidity goes on. He also uses the title and its significance to help the reader understand what human folly is, and how it relates to the play. Shakespeare uses the title of the play to makes us know of what is to come in the play. The title of the play, Twelfth Night, is the reference to the 12 days of Christmas which is the festive and fun season.
This is emphasised with the fact that the two young lovers foreshadow their own death. Therefore this creates dramatic irony in that the audience know how the story is going unfold and the course of Romeo and Juliet’s’ lives but they do not know themselves. Shakespeare unravels the story whilst cleverly creating twists which brings sympathy upon the audience. The play starts with a prologue which is how Shakespeare begins to create a sense of sympathy for Romeo and Juliet. Here, the audience is told that the couple are ‘star cross’d lovers’ and that their love is going against the stars and that they are therefore doomed in disaster.
Mercutio, the hot-headed best friend of Romeo, adds wit and humor to the play Romeo and Juliet and was included in the play to make the audience laugh and also to keep them on the edge of their seats with suspense. Mercutio, in his humorous nature, loved to tease Romeo about his lovesickness; he calls Romeo a
In Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, deception is a key theme throughout. There are several main deceptions, beginning with Don John trying to deceive Claudio that the prince woos Hero for himself. When this conniving scheme fails, he embarks on a new master plan, which involves the shaming of Hero at the marriage between her and Claudio. Another key deception, arguably the most important storyline to the play, is the deception of Beatrice and Benedick, who despite their previous feelings about courtly love and romance, gradually begin to fall for each other, under the careful guidance of Don Pedro, Claudio, Hero, Ursula and Leonato. However, throughout the first few scenes, we as the audience are exposed to Beatrice and Benedick’s ‘merry war’ as they exchange witty and sarcastic banter.
The first way in which Shakespeare creates comedy surrounding Malvolio in scene 3.4 is the build up to the reveal of the physical comedy in which Malvolio is staged in 'outrageous' yellow stockings. Just before he comes into the room to see olivia Maria refers to him as 'possessed' and 'tainted in's wits' already gathering the suggestion that his is mad to cover up what has happened, but also creating a sense of dramatic irony in the suggestion that the audience will realise what Maria is trying to cover up, and prepare themselves for the moment which has been built up within previous scenes such as act 3.3. The way in which the scene opens with Olivia proclaiming her Lust for Viola/cesario sharply contrasts with her sending for Malvolio. As the audience have already started to prepare for Malvolio seducing Olivia as we have seen him believe that this is what she wants, it can create some irony in the sense that Olivia is gaining the attention she seeks but in the unintended way with the wrong person. She says 'For youth is bought more oft than begged or borrowed' showing her lusting after the young Viola.
“Romeo and Juliet” is considered by many one of the greatest love stories to have ever been written. However, the tale is not one of love but a story of a young girl whose whims led her to be manipulated by a boy who was seeking out sex. The scene where Romeo and Juliet first meet demonstrates how fickle their infatuation is. The story begins with Romeo wailing over his lost love Rosaline, saying “And, in strong proof of chastity well-armed, from love’s weak childish bow, she lives uncharmed.” He continues his outburst by saying how useless Rosaline is if she is not willing to sleep with him. Benvoilo feels sympathy for the young brokenhearted man and encourages him to go to the Capulet’s party so he will forget the girl.
The play of Much Ado about Nothing, written by Shakespeare is based upon deliberate deceptions, some malevolent and others benign. The deceiving of Claudio and Don Pedro results in Hero’s disgrace, while the ruse of her death prepares the way for her redemption and reconciliation with Claudio. In a more lighthearted vein, Beatrice and Benedick are fooled into thinking that each loves the other, and they actually do fall in love as a result. Much Ado about Nothing shows that deceit is not inherently evil, but something that can be used as a means to good or bad ends. Shakespeare starts his play with love that Claudio speaks for Hero, the passion and affection is shown by Claudio throughout the play even though in Act 3, there was deception