What are the Dramatic Techniques used in Shakespeares Twelfth Night?
Hello Smiley, William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a comedy, first published in 1623. Love is a key aspect of Shakespeare’s comedies in which self-identity is found through the development of love from infatuation to acknowledgement of character. Orsino is the epitome of Shakespeare’s transformation of self. In the beginning of the play, Orsino is self-absorbed and head-over-heels for Olivia. In this stage of love we see Orsino’s infatuation and selfishness in his feelings of love. As the play moves on, Viola comes into Orsino’s life and we see glimpses of Orsino’s understanding of what love is and how a person should feel with love. By the end of the play, Orsino realizes his self worth through his love for Olivia and how love really feels to care about a person’s heart and soul. At first, Orsino is in a self-centered infatuation with Olivia. We can tell that he wants to be in love, but his notions of love are all about his thoughts of love, not the person of his love interest.
