Twelfth Night, for example, takes place in Illyria, a semi-historical, semi-mystical place. ... An important theme in Twelfth Night is "carpe diem," Latin for "seize the day." ... Youth's a stuff will not endure" (Twelfth Night II.iii.47-52). ... Twelfth Night contains other words of wisdom as well in the "love" letter given to Malvolio, telling him to "be not afraid of greatness" (Twelfth Night II.v.144). ... Again, Twelfth Night is a classic example of a love triangle situation. ...

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Well, in Twelfth Night, the recommendation against the taking of older wives by younger men occurs when Orsino is talking to Cesario. ... In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare presents love as a silly, childlike emotion. ... Perhaps, he viewed his marriage as a silly thing, and was making fun of it in A Midsummer Night's Dream, while in Othello, he showed a life that he wished that he had, or vise versa (Kinney, 2). ...

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The story of Romeo and Juliet has been told a thousand times, for hundreds of years. Even so, writers and storytellers tell their own variations of Romeo and Juliet, each with a different twist. Even Shakespeare in Love is a variation of the play William Shakespeare wrote. The movie is the classic R...

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