Twelfth Night vs She's the Man

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Many classic Shakespeare plays have been turned into films over the years. Some of the film adaptations are very close to the original story, but some stray away from the original play it is based on. Doing a modern version of one of Shakespeare’s works is tough because the language that Shakespeare uses is very important to the plays. In fact, if you did not know that the movie was based on a play, you may not even know. I think that this is the case for many when it comes to Shes the Man, which is based loosely on Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Shes the man came out roughly 400 years after Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night. While there are some similarities between the two works, there are far more differences. The main similarities that are easily noticed are the names of the main characters being the same, and the basic plot staying the same. Other then those two, and some minor details throughout the movie, the two works are very different. In the beginning of Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night, we learn that Viola has been shipwrecked in Illyria and has been separated from her twin brother Sebastian. Viola does not know if Sebastian is alive so she assumes he has died in the shipwreck. When Viola awakes in Illyria, she meets a sea captain who explains to her where she is. He tells her that she is in Illyria, which is ruled by Duke Orsino. Viola realizes that she cannot survive alone in Illyria because she is a woman. Even though they do not know each other, Viola asks the sea captain to help dress her up like a man because she needs to get a job to survive. After the transformation is complete, Viola realizes she needs to pick a different name so she chooses the name Cesario. Cesario then obtains a job working as a page for Duke Orsino. Throughout the play Cesario and the duke talk and get to know one another. The duke asks Cesario to help him win the
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