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Twelfth night was written by William Shakespeare in 1601 it was one
of the last comedies he wrote. Twelfth Night is seen by many people as
a traditional romantic comedy. It includes devices of gender
confusion, mistaken identity and speaks about the madness of love. Looking throughout William Shakespeare’s plays similarities can be brought up and seen between A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night both include confusion, mistaken love for
another and a romantic comedy setting.

Orsino is the first character we encounter in the play. Orsino is the Duke of Illerya, he is in love with a woman called Olivia who also holds a high position in Ilerya. Because of this Shakespeare asks the question is this true love or the formal courtly Elizabethan love encountered in that period of history.

In Act 1, Scene 1, the whole scene opens with an extended metaphor to love. Music is the metaphor. “If music be the food of love, play on.” From this quote it becomes......

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