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A 6 page essay that examines certain aspects of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The writer argues that on the surface, Viola may seem to be a woman capable of determining her own fate. Stranded in a foreign land, she does not hesitate to assume a male identity in order to acquire employment and relative safety. However, even this intelligent, capable woman is bound by expectations of Elizabethan society. As this suggests, examination of this play shows that each character, in his or her own manner, is bound by the restrictions of society and within these boundaries, which define the context of social life, they have no control over their ultimate fate. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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(Lamb 1). Recent scholarship in this regard has focused primarily on the character of Viola, as Christina Malcolmson has pointed out that Viola/Cesarios role as domestic servant mirrors the "willing
service" that will be required of her as Orsinos wife (Lamb 1). On the surface, Viola may seem to be a woman capable of determining her own fate. Stranded in
a foreign land, she does not hesitate to assume a male identity in order to acquire employment and relative safety. However, even this intelligent, capable woman is bound by expectations
of Elizabethan society. As this suggests, examination of this play shows that each character, in his or her own manner, is bound by the restrictions of society and within these
boundaries, which define the context of social life, they have no control over their ultimate fate. The plot of the play concerns Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, who is
in love with the Countess Olivia, who has repeatedly spurned Orsinos suit due to her grief over the loss of her father and brother. Viola, a young woman, is traveling
with her twin brother Sebastian and they are shipwrecked. Viola believes that Sebastian has drowned. Viola decides assume a male identity. She asks the captain of the ship, who has
also survived the wreck to conceal her true nature. Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become The form of my
intent. Ill serve the duke: Thou shalt present me as a eunuch to him (I.ii.57-60). The captain does as Viola requests and she finds employment with Duke Orsino
as a page named Cesario. The Duke is much taken with Cesario and recruits him(her) to woo Olivia on the dukes behalf. Olivia falls in love with Cesario/Viola, who is
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