In assessing the extent of aggressive comedy in Twelfth Night it is important to look at the source material. ... These undertones show that Twelfth Night is based upon a turbulent story. ... The sword fight gives Twelfth Night aggressive comedy in the literal sense of the phrase. ... I would go further in saying that at times Twelfth Night has undertones of the Revenge Tragedy genre. ... The humour in Twelfth Night is aggressive in parts and Shakespeare's methods of extracting comedy are both amusing and controversial. ...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

All the dilemmas, mistaken identities, tricks, pranks and jokes, were what made the play, Twelfth Night, a classic. ... Shakespeare used dramatic and situational irony to gain such control. ... This is obvious in Twelfth Night. In fact, Shakespeare almost overdid it. ... Twelfth Night is a comedy, so along with the irony and the confusion came just plain fun. ...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Feste, a Clown I personally found the role of the clown to be the most interesting of all the characters in Shakespeare's "The Twelfth Night", primarily because he seemed to be the most intelligent and certainly the wittiest character of all. ...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

1) Expectation Shakespeare a writer known almost everywhere someone who is talked about all the time. Most Schools teach his work most drama groups perform his work and you wonder is Shakespeare's work that brilliant. ... Shakespeare is not as dull as I primarily had exclaimed as this production completely changed my attitude towards the skilled writer. Whenever another performance of Shakespeare starts I will be there. ...

• Word Count: 1137
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School