When looking at the similarities between Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and As You Like It, the most obvious connections lie in the manner in which the two main female roles both disguise themselves as men within the plays. ... Throughout Twelfth Night Shakespeare examines patterns of love and courtship through a repositioning of traditional Elizabethan gender roles. ... Twelfth Night is not without its own homoerotic subtext. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate