2/14/13

     Before I begin to talk about the topics for this post, I wanna talk about the play. I must say that when I began to read Twelfth Night, I really had my doubts on whether I would like it. I was completely wrong. It is true that the wordplay was hard at first, but I really did enjoy it. I thought it would just be a boring story, but I was wrong. This play was really good, and I know that I will read it again in the future.
     My reaction to the end of the play would confuse me. This is mainly because the actors are all men. It would take me a while to get used to seeing a man play a woman. Especially the character of Viola, or Cesario. I mean it would be a man playing a woman playing a man. It would be confusing especially knowing what character he was speaking through. The ending would be difficult because I now must see the actor as a woman again since most of the play he was a woman playing a man. My reaction in today's world would be a lot less confusing. The woman would be played by a woman and it would be easier to see the woman as the woman again at the end.

Feste the Fool
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    Now the matter of Feste the Fool. I must say when we first heard of him in the beginning of the play, I believed that he was just a fool, but he is really much more than that. In fact, I believe he always knew that Cesario wasn't as he seemed. "This fellow is wise enough to play the Fool,"(Twelfth Night Act 3, Scene 1, Line 61, Viola). It may not be that, but I feel as if he may have realized that something was "off" about Cesario. Another instance of the wisdom of this fool is when he and Orsino are talking. He actually plays off of Orsino's good nature to give him more money, not many fools would do this. Another instance is when he is talking to Cesario and says, "I am indeed not her Fool but her corrupter of words."(Twelfth Night Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 36-37). Throughout the play the other characters are completely outsmarted by the Fool, this in my opinion proves that he is actually very bright and a lot more than just a fool.