TWELFTH NIGHT What does the title imply?
Last of Shakespeare’s three mature comedies Written between 1599 and 1601 Just before the DARKER HAMLET He uses his favourite literary devices of mistaken identity disguises twins lost at sea unrequited love
THE PLAY SYMBOLIZES JANUARY 6 th, the twelfth night after Christmas In olden times the season of: universal festivity masques pageants feasts traditional sports
THEME is… LOVE? ? ? ? ? ? LOVE TRIANGLE
Popular cliches: Woman should be younger than her lover? The man loves more deeply than woman? True love is jealous?
PROBLEM? BASIC HUMAN Problems
LOVE TRIANGLE LOST IN AN UNKNOWN LAND X You are here