In Shakespeare’s comedy, Twelfth Night, many characters are behave foolishly or fool one another. The character Feste is a professional fool, a jester for Olivia’s household. Feste’s occupation involves singing, joking, and dancing. Many of the jesters in Shakespeare’s plays offer comedic relief. Though Feste is an excellent jester and has a great way with words, he quickly reveals that he isn’t a fool. As Feste interacts with many of the characters in the play he offers commentary and intelligent
Shakespeare. These debates happen through long in depth essays about specific aspects of individual plays. They can be hard to read and even harder to finish, but for some reason when I looked at the essays; Rethinking Sexuality and Class in Twelfth Night; and The Serious Comedy of Twelfth Night: Dark Didacticism in Illyria, by Nancy Lindheim and Lisa Marciano respectively, I knew I had to write my own short essay explaining my belief that Twelfth Night is not serious at all, and that Shakespeare’s use
Twelfth Night and the features of Shakespeare’s comedy This essay will discuss two main features appearing in the selected scenes in Twelfth Night, respectively the fool and the mistaken identity. The first part of the analysis will consider the division of the fool and its contribution to the comic effect. The second part will consider the mistaken identity and how it influences the comedy. ‘Fool’ is one of the important elements in Shakespeare’s comedy, creating comic effects. From act 3 scene