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Disobedience Of Her Father In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night '

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To avoid critique Shakespeare asks for the audience to disregard the provocative themes, and just enjoy the show. Robin says that if you "[are] offended [than you should] think that ... you have but slumbered" (5.1.440-44). To avoid backlash, Shakespeare tries to cover his tracks. He urges the audience to take the play as seriously as they would take a dream. Similarly, Robin asks for the audiences "hands" so that "[he] can make amends" (5.1.454-55). Shakespeare would like the audience to clap, or give their hands, and forget about the play. That way they can forgive him for the subversive themes of the play. Hermia's disobedience of her father is a violation of Athenian law, and therefore challenges the Great Chain of Being,
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