Throughout Twelfth Night Shakespeare examines patterns of love and courtship through a repositioning of traditional Elizabethan gender roles. ... Ganymede is the cupbearer and beloved of Jove and is a standard symbol of homosexual love. ... Freud also offers some insight to the topic of the repression of homosexuality and the formation of conscience and citizenship. He links the suppression of homosexual drives to the production of social feeling. These homosexual drives are repressed and then serve to reinforce the social norm. ...

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

Luhrman's popular culture film is an innovative approach that brings greater suspense, emotion and reality to the Elizabethan classic as well as makes it accessible and engaging to today's cinema goers. ... Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet" is set in a modern city; a striking contrast to the Elizabethan England of William Shakespeare. ... In the Elizabethan period, violence was a nobler concept seen as a means of conserving one's honour and family pride. ... The film shows the love, order, justice and loyalty that were valued by Shakespeare's audiences but also depicts ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jews became evil villains of Elizabethan drama. ... Through this Shakespeare was playing on the myths surrounding Jews at the time such as blood libel, which would have excited a negative Elizabethan response. ...

• Word Count: 1827
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Elizabethan times, women were not allowed to act on stage, and society considered them to be the weaker sex, who needed to be looked after, or 'owned' by men. ... It is possible that Shakespeare is suggesting Orsino's repressed homosexuality, which is supported by his fickle attitude to love and women. ...

• Word Count: 2131
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate