The audience has knowledge of the fate of the characters, the characters have no knowledge of their fate.
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POETRY AND PROSE
Shakespeare uses prose sentences without set rhythms for common and comic characters and then changes to poetry for those who are noble or for elevated topics such as love.
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BLANK VERSE
Shakespeare writes in blank verse (10 syllables a line) to express the theme of love.
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SOLILOQUY
A character is alone on stage, reveals thoughts and emotion to the audience.
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RHYMING COUPLETS
rhyming couplets are two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, or rhythmic structure in a verse or line. Couplets that do not have the same meter are known as uneven couplets because the two lines differ in length, as well as oft
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MOTIF
A motif is a continued symbol throughout a narrative, in Twelfth Night motifs include, madness, disguise and mistaken identity.
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STRUCTURE
The play consists of two plots. the separation and ‘adventures’ of Viola and Sebastian, and the gulling of Malvolio. These create their own ripples – for example, Olivia and Orsino both falling for Viola/Cesario, creating complications/revelations.
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FORM
The play consists of orthodox conventions of Shakespearean comedy - confusion and mistaken identity, farcical behaviour, comic archetypes and the marriage resolution.
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UNRELIABLE LANGUAGE
Language is complex and unreliable. Words are misleading and can be misinterpreted, language conceals and reveals, in equal measure.
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MUSIC AND REVELRY
Shakespearean comedies and romance feature music and song - commenting on the action of other characters.
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IMAGERY
Much of the imagery in Twelfth Night relates sickness and disease to love and courting.
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ALLUSION
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. The audience must the direct connection.
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HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis. In poetry and oratory, it emphasises, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions.
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OXYMORON
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair", "Parting is such sweet sorrow"
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Shakespeare uses prose sentences without set rhythms for common and comic characters and then changes to poetry for those who are noble or for elevated topics such as love.
Back
POETRY AND PROSE
Card 3
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Shakespeare writes in blank verse (10 syllables a line) to express the theme of love.
Back
Card 4
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A character is alone on stage, reveals thoughts and emotion to the audience.
Back
Card 5
Front
rhyming couplets are two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, or rhythmic structure in a verse or line. Couplets that do not have the same meter are known as uneven couplets because the two lines differ in length, as well as oft
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