One More Post about Twelfth Night~ A Comparison of Shakespeare vs. Nunn
Recently, I had watched the movie, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, directed by Trevor Nunn. Naturally, the movie presented similarities and differences in comparison to the original Shakespearean work; but I was pleased to see the differences between the…
class 5-6-13
Agenda What’s on the final How to study for the final Marriage and friendship in Twelfth Night Group Performances Clip from She’s the Man What’s on the final 1 discussion of a scene from a video of a performance…
class 5-1-13
Agenda Discussion of Final Quiz 16 Plot/Sentence Questions Discussion of Act 5 Some music Course Evaluation Final 1 discussion of a scene from a video of a performance @ 10 points 10 quiz-like questions @ 1pt each = 10…
Gender Roles Played by Viola
Viola is my personal favorite character in The Twelfth Night. Not only is she trying to hide her identity ad stay alive, she is also trying to fight off a woman from loving her. That to me shows that she is one beautiful and skilled…
class 4-29-13
Agenda Quiz 15 Plot/Sentence Questions Performance 3 Discussion of act 4 via blog posts Scene from Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night Quiz 15 Why is Feste confused when he meets Sebastian? To what request from Olivia does Sebastian agree? Where…
The Element of Disguise Causes Confusion Amongst Characters
(From 4.1.5-10.) Feste – Well held out, I’faith! No, I do not know you, nor I am not sent to you by my lady to bid you come speak with her, nor your name s not Mar Cersario,…
No Love for Antonio?
In Act IV of this play, the relationship between Sebastian and Antonio has become well more defined, yet complexes at the same time. When Olivia drags Sebastian away, she mistakes Sebastian as his twin sister, Viola. We know that Olivia…
Feste
As Feste torments the trapped Malvolio in Act IV Scene II, we get the sense that he is being too harsh. Though it was originally Maria and Sir Toby’s plan to seek revenge on Malvolio, Feste seems to go along…
Blog Post #2 – In Love? Or In Love With Being In Love?
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! It had a dying fall; O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet…
Twinning
It seems as though, in Act 4, Sebastian’s true colors come out, in that there are not many colors to be shown. This act, although mostly about Sebastian, barely has anything to do with Sebastian doing anything significant. Instead, it…