Twelfth Night

✍ Scribed by William Shakespeare, Chris Stroffolino

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Series: Cliffs Complete
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

CliffsComplete Twelfth Night involves several separate groups of characters whose stories are flawlessly woven together to produce one of Shakespeare's lightest, most popular, and most musical comedies — full of intricate plots and subplots and witty banter that only Shakespeare could write.

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• A summary and insightful commentary for each act
• Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
• A look at the historical context and structure of the play
• Discussions on the plays symbols and themes
• A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
• Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
• A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites

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✦ Table of Contents

CLIFFSCOMPLETE ®
Shakespeare’s
Twelfth Night......Page 1
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE......Page 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE......Page 11
Family life......Page 12
The plays: On stage and in print......Page 13
A note on Shakespeare’s language......Page 16
INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN ENGLAND......Page 17
Intellectual context......Page 18
Religious context......Page 19
Political context......Page 21
Social context......Page 22
The theatre......Page 24
The printing press......Page 26
INTRODUCTION TO TWELFTH NIGHT......Page 27
Comedies and tragedies — the critical context......Page 28
Death and love in Twelfth Night......Page 30
Love and the self......Page 31
Identity and disguise......Page 32
Language in Twelfth Night......Page 34
Date of composition......Page 35
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY......Page 37
ACT I......Page 39
Act I, Scene 1......Page 41
Act I, Scene 2......Page 44
Act I, Scene 3......Page 48
Act I, Scene 4......Page 54
Act I, Scene 5......Page 57
ACT II......Page 73
Act II, Scene 1......Page 75
Act II, Scene 2......Page 78
Act II, Scene 3......Page 81
Act II, Scene 4......Page 90
Act II, Scene 5......Page 96
ACT III......Page 107
Act III, Scene 1......Page 109
Act III, Scene 2......Page 117
Act III, Scene 3......Page 121
Act III, Scene 4......Page 124
ACT IV......Page 143
Act IV, Scene 1......Page 145
Act IV, Scene 2......Page 148
Act IV, Scene 3......Page 154
ACT V......Page 159
Act V, Scene 1......Page 161
CLIFFSCOMPLETE REVIEW......Page 181
BOOKS AND ARTICLES......Page 187
INTERNET......Page 190
FILM......Page 191
CLIFFSCOMPLETE READING GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE......Page 192
Index......Page 195