Text of a college lecture that introduces William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It provides some background for the play, including information about Pastoral Romance, the characters Viola and Feste, the language of love, and the gulling of Malvolio sub-plot.

Concepts

twelfth night

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Additional Tags

feste, introduction to twelfth night, ironies of happy endings, pastoral romance, shakespeare comedies, viola, gulling of malvolio

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Common Core

RL.9-10.9 W.9-10.9.a