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This is a truly funny comedy. First, I although Shakespeare is allegedly difficult for the modern reader, I have never had difficulty understanding it; everything is better in iambic pentameter.
In Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself as a boy after being rescued from a shipwreck and enters the service of Duke Orsino as a eunuch. The Duke sends her to convey his love to Countess Olivia, who will have none of him. But Olivia falls in love with Viola's male persona and invites him to return. Meanwhile, Viola falls in love with the Duke. Viola also has a twin brother, Sebastian, whom she hopes was also saved from the shipwreck, but he doesn't appear until late in the play.
Part of the humor of the play is Viola's frequent speeches in which she subtly admits to being a woman in disguise, which only the reader/watcher recognizes as truth. For example, "My father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be perhaps, were I a woman, I should love your lordship. ... [But died thy sister of her love, my boy, asks the Duke]. I am all the daughters of my father's house, and all the brothers too, and yet I know not."
Another example: Olivia: I prithee tell me what thou think'st of me. Viola: That you think you are not what you are. Olivia: If I think so, I think the same of you. Viola: Then think you right; I am not what I am ... Viola: By innocence I swear, and by my youth, | I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, | and that no woman has; nor never none | shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
The play is also the source of the quotes, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" and "if music be the food of love, play on." ( )
The play is both delightful and readable. Unfortunately, this e-book edition of the work was atrocious. Most of the additional material that come with the e-book Folger editions was missing. In particular, the footnotes were missing. Worst of all, the formatting of the text made it very difficult to read. Take a careful look at the edition before purchasing this. ( )
I read this because the movie She's the Man is based on it, and the movie is hilarious. The original play, however, is not. This was such a drag to get through. I will never again read Shakespeare. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Feste the Clown: Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fl y away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Citaten
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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 sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour!
what says Quinapalus? “Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.”
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.
When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man’s estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, Against knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came unto my beds, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, With toss-pots still had drunken heads, For the rain it raineth every day. A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that’s all one, our play is done, And we’ll strive to please you every day.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
This work is for the complete Twelfth Night only. Do not combine this work with abridgements, adaptations or "simplifications" (such as "Shakespeare Made Easy"), Cliffs Notes or similar study guides, or anything else that does not contain the full text. Do not include any video recordings. Additionally, do not combine this with other plays.
Uitgevers redacteuren
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
In Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself as a boy after being rescued from a shipwreck and enters the service of Duke Orsino as a eunuch. The Duke sends her to convey his love to Countess Olivia, who will have none of him. But Olivia falls in love with Viola's male persona and invites him to return. Meanwhile, Viola falls in love with the Duke. Viola also has a twin brother, Sebastian, whom she hopes was also saved from the shipwreck, but he doesn't appear until late in the play.
Part of the humor of the play is Viola's frequent speeches in which she subtly admits to being a woman in disguise, which only the reader/watcher recognizes as truth. For example, "My father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be perhaps, were I a woman, I should love your lordship. ... [But died thy sister of her love, my boy, asks the Duke]. I am all the daughters of my father's house, and all the brothers too, and yet I know not."
Another example:
Olivia: I prithee tell me what thou think'st of me.
Viola: That you think you are not what you are.
Olivia: If I think so, I think the same of you.
Viola: Then think you right; I am not what I am
...
Viola: By innocence I swear, and by my youth, | I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, | and that no woman has; nor never none | shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
The play is also the source of the quotes, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" and "if music be the food of love, play on." ( )