Discuss how Twelfth Night is structured into becoming a comedy masterpiece of all time ?
Date Submitted: 07/02/2002 08:44:18
"Twelfth Night" is one of Shakespeare most perfect comedies. It is a perfect blend of romance and comedy. Although the play has a main plot and a subplot, the structure of the play has been skillfully handled in order to give importance to both.
Act I serves as the exposition as it introduces most of the characters of the main plot. Viola's disguise as Cesario also
initiates the love triangle, for Viola falls in love
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him. The Duke and Olivia are quite willing to shift their affections to Viola and Sebastian. The main plot concludes on a happy note. The subplot too draws to its logical end, as Malvolio is released from the dark room, and Fabian provides Olivia with the details of the intrigue against Malvolio.
The various side plots in "Twelfth Night" come together in the end to make the play a complete and harmonious piece of work.
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