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Twelfth night or what you will

Twelfth night or what you will. Play’s History. The Play’s History. Written in 1601 – 1602 Written for Twelfth Night festivities Based on a short story Near the end of Elizabeth’s reign What will happen next? What will happen when the 50 year unified reign ends???.

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Twelfth night or what you will

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  1. Twelfth nightor what you will

  2. Play’s History

  3. The Play’s History Written in 1601 – 1602 Written for Twelfth Night festivities Based on a short story Near the end of Elizabeth’s reign What will happen next? What will happen when the 50 year unified reign ends???

  4. Twelfth Night, the holiday The twelfth day after Christmas Based on pagan holidays celebrating winter soltice Servants would dress up as masters and masters as servants Cake baked with a bean in it – the one who got the bean would be the ‘Lord of Misrule’

  5. Chaos/Control Time of year of most darkness coming into light Midsummer festival’s similar time of chaos Play = dance of opposites Male/Female Order/Disorder Gentry/Fools Upper Class/Lower Class Light/Dark Good/Bad

  6. Male/Female ‘The Origin of Love’ * Based on a Ancient Greek myth documented by Plato

  7. Biblical origins as well Genesis 1:27So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis2:21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  8. Searching for their opposite Viola for father and brother, Sebastian Duke Orsino for Olivia Cesario (Viola) for Duke Orsino Olivia for her dead brother Olivia for Cesario (Viola) Sir Andrew Agucheek for Olivia Sir Toby Belch for Maria Malvolio for Olivia Sebastian for Viola Antonio for Sebastian

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