Twelfth Night: Context (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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When was Twelfth Night festival celebrated
When was Twelfth Night festival celebrated
Twelfth day after Christmas
What did Twelfth Night festival involve in Elizabethan England
What did Twelfth Night festival involve in Elizabethan England
Revelry, mischief, overturning social hierarchies
What themes reflect the Twelfth Night festival
What themes reflect the Twelfth Night festival
Disguise, chaos, and ambition
Who played all roles in Shakespeare's time
Who played all roles in Shakespeare's time
Men (young boys played female characters)
What Viola's disguise as Cesario explores
What Viola's disguise as Cesario explores
Gender fluidity and ambiguity
What was the nature of Elizabethan social hierarchies
What was the nature of Elizabethan social hierarchies
Rigid; upward mobility rare and frowned upon
How Elizabethans viewed Malvolio's ambition
How Elizabethans viewed Malvolio's ambition
Absurd and comedic
What Elizabethan society prioritised in love
What Elizabethan society prioritised in love
Family alliances and social status over affection
How is love portrayed in Twelfth Night
How is love portrayed in Twelfth Night
Chaotic and irrational force disrupting society
What Antonio's love for Sebastian challenges
What Antonio's love for Sebastian challenges
Norms of heterosexual love
What shipwrecks symbolised in Elizabethan drama
What shipwrecks symbolised in Elizabethan drama
Chaos, transformation, unpredictability of fate
Shakespearean comedy conventions in Twelfth Night
Shakespearean comedy conventions in Twelfth Night
Mistaken identities, disguises, order restored, marriages
Darker undertones in Twelfth Night
Darker undertones in Twelfth Night
Malvolio's humiliation, Antonio's unfulfilled love