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Gender Play in Twelfth Night
Nothing is as it appears. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night can be summed up in those five simple words. He plays on gender confusion extremely well in Twelfth Night. Shakespeare is a master creator of confusion and chaos in an upheaval of the traditional guidelines set for the sexes plays perfectly into his well-guiding hands.
In the beginning of Twelfth Night, we meet Viola. ... During Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night performances, a man played a woman who was pretending to be a man. This played right into Shakespeare’s hands and allowed him to ingrain the play with even more confusion and plots twists than he was normally able to. ... Once again gender intrudes on the intentions of someone, in this case Cesario cannot chase nor confess her love for Orsino because he believes he is of the same sex. This is a great portrayal of the confusion Shakespeare creates to move the plot along even if it relies heavily on improbabilities that would never really happen. ...
Twelfth Night uses gender confusion to move the plot along and create an excellent play of the period. ... This could be used to show that roles and professions should be distributed on a basis of skill and talent rather than on a basis of gender. ... He uses a confusion of the sexes to move the plot along fluidly to tie up loose in a surprising yet conclusive ending.
Approximate Word count = 1371
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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