Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Part 2: Characters and Questions

11/09/2023 24 min Temporada 1 Episodio 37
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Part 2: Characters and Questions

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Part 2 looks at the many instances of inversion and transgression, looking at how characters cross boundaries of gender, status, and social role, and how they are punished or rewarded. Professor Emma Smith looks closely at the final scene and how it settles—or doesn’t— the characters’ roles and the play’s own status as a comedy.
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