Listen "Twelfth Night: Disguises, Desire, and Discovery"
Episode Synopsis
A shipwreck, a brave disguise, and a kingdom brimming with unrequited love. "Twelfth Night" is a brilliant comedy of mistaken identity, witty banter, and the many forms love can take. Join us as we explore themes of self-discovery, adaptability, and the often-hilarious complexities of the heart.Works Cited"A Modern Perspective: Twelfth Night." Folger Shakespeare Lib."A Queer Reading of Twelfth Night." Curtain Theatre."All Daught./Broth. of Father's House: Viola's Mel. Tens." High Point U.Amir, A. D. "Dramatic Irony in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." J. Missan Res. 5.9 (2008): 292-319.awritersesteemGOLD. "She's the Man vs. Twelfth Night." Teen Ink. 3 May 2011.awritersesteemGOLD. "Twelfth Night: Gender Roles in Eliz. Soc." EduBirdie. 16 June 2022."Elizabethan sumptuary laws." Shakespeare's Globe. 16 Apr. 2019.Evans, S. "Twelfth Night: Key Quotations." Save My Exams. 2025."Famous quotes | Twelfth Night." Royal Shakespeare Co."Feast of Fools." Wikipedia. 7 Dec. 2022."Gender Ambiguity/Desire in Twelfth Night." Dialnet.Hand, L. "Critical Drinking: Twelfth Night’s 'Drunken Rogue'." Aletheia. 7.2 (2022)."Historical background." Bell Shakespeare."Historical Context (Twelfth Night)." Revision World."I am not what I am": Shakespeare/Gender Fluidity." Amer. Shakespeare Ctr. 6 June 2012.LitCharts. Twelfth Night."Lord of Misrule." Wikipedia. 24 July 2024.Manhart, N. Contrasting Aspects of Love in "Twelfth Night". GRIN. 2009.Mehdi, R. "Puritans in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." Arab World Eng. J. Trans. & Lit. Studies. 2.1 (Feb. 2018): 97-105.Pressley, J. M. "Twelfth Night." Shakespeare Resource Ctr. 2025.Rampaul, G. "Playing the Fool with Shakespeare." Borrowers and Lenders.Rasheed, S. S., and K. O. Ahmed. "Aspects of 'Parody'/'Play within a Play' in Twelfth Night." Int. J. Studies Eng. Lang. & Lit. 8.9 (2020): 13-21.Rebhorn, W. A. "Carnival in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." LAITS Podcasting, U of Texas at Austin.Shakespeare, W. Twelfth Night. Ed. B. Mowat and P. Werstine, Folger Shakespeare Lib.Shakespeare, W. Twelfth Night. Complete Works, MIT.Shakespeare, W. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will. Project Gutenberg. 1 Nov. 1998.Sun, Z. "Gender and Disguise in Twelfth Night." J. Hum. Arts & Soc. Sci. 7.11 (2023): 2266-2271."Imp. of Carnivalesque in Twelfth Night." Bartleby.com.Tovey, J. "Viola Monologue (Act 2, Scene 2)." StageMilk.feste46. "Feste Saddest Char. in Twelfth Night." Reddit.holyfrozenyogurt. "Olivia's perspective." Reddit.lemonlilysoda. "Gender in Twelfth Night." Reddit.obiwantogooutside. "Noob: Could not get through 'Twelfth Night'." Reddit.PlazaOne. "'Some are born great...'" Reddit."Wm. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night." Drama – 2nd Grade- English Dept. College of Arts.Wu, L. "'I am the man...As I am woman': Interpret. Reading." 16 Apr. 2019.
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