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How Does Shakespeare Use Mistaken Identity In Twelfth Night

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Drama Extended Essay

Question). To what extent did physicality help the audience understand the characters and the play

William shakespeare, one of the best playwrighters lived for 52 years and in just 23 years he had written 38 plays and 5 poems. Shakespeare has written many brilliant plays, but one of the most well known plays is ‘The Twelfth Night’. The play Twelfth Night was written during the 1600s.
Shakespeare loved to use mistaken identity. He uses mistaken identity the best in Twelfth Night. In the play The Twelfth Night ‘the letter’ is a very important prop or as we may call it a symbolism. Aside from a letter giving out a message, in this play the letter is associated with deception and dishonesty. …show more content…

Lighting also shows how important the current situation is if the light is positioned properly. The use of props is very important in the set. When Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek have a fight with swords. It’s the resemblance to show how and what the means. The actors must also bring amazing verbal clarity and great physicality to their parts in order to connect with the audiences who are in directions and how far they are from the stage, with all the disturbing noises from outside that’s why the actors need to use physicality to connect with the audience. In plays there are many times where there is confusion between genders, that’s why actors use physicality to determine the gender, even to determine mannerism. In the play Twelfth Night the actors are beautifully depicted through physicality, actions and by the tone and speed at which they say their lines. The actors also use physical actions to show humor. Humor is funnier when an actor or person uses their body to show it. When sir Toby and Sir Andrew have the fight they use their bodies to make to the scene

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