12th Night- How is Language Used in Act 2 Scene 4 and Act 3 Scene 1 to Mislead Other Characters?

Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night, is all about playing jokes on people, sometimes deliberately confusing them, and just basically having a happy time. Most the characters follow the tradition of Twelfth Night, however some do not. In Act 2 Scene 4, the tradition is not comprehensible, however, in Act 3 Scene 1, it is, as both Feste and Viola/Cesario are making jokes with one another. The selected paragraphs are where people get mislead a lot due to playing on …

…and double-meanings to mislead some of his characters. Some see past it, but some get utterly confused. As the play is all about a period of time used for celebrating Twelfth Night, where people played tricks on one another and deliberately tried to confuse them, it is necessary to have scenes like these amongst some of the more serious and sincere scenes, and that is what makes this play one of Shakespeare's most classic comedies.