ENGL 415 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sir Toby Belch, Eunuch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek
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Contains themes of: mistaken identity and disguise, love, gender. Universal antagonist: malvolio, steward to olivia: his name literally means ill will , acts very puritanical. The twelfth night is the twelfth day after christmas: the mid-winter feast is a chance to indulge a bit before going back to work after. New year"s: the twelfth night is the last hurrah (think mardi gras) The feast of misrule or the feast of fools . Subtitle of what you will : anything goes during this season, half of society enjoys the chaos while the other half disdains it. Plot information: orsino is in love with olivia. Olivia"s father and brother died, she is now abjuring the sight of men for seven years. The notion is that she is cloistering herself (i. e. , dying the social death: orsino is therefore super lovesick, viola arrives in illyria. Decides to disguise herself and has the ship captain as her aid.
