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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Thing I've often found with Shakespeare - it sounds good, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Thing I've often found with Shakespeare - it sounds good, but doesn't really mean anything&quot;/Bertie Wooster.&#160;(the other answers also sounds good enough to me)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:54:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Shakespeare's time, social status was incredibly important. The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Shakespeare's time, social status was incredibly important. The Elizabethan Age was a time of progress, and while there were still large differences in social class, people were beginning to have some hope of increasing their station. In Twelfth Night, there are many characters who are interested in increasing their social standing, such as Malvolio and Maria. Malvolio is the the opposite of Feste -- Malvolio wears dark clothing and has no...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:07:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How are the lower class in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot; conveyed?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How are the lower class in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot; conveyed?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The clown attempts to take Cesario (it's really Sebastian) back to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The clown attempts to take Cesario (it's really Sebastian) back to Olivia's house, but his persuasion is weak.  He uses only sarcasm to prove he knows Sebastian.  &quot;No, I do not know you; nor I am not sent to you by my lady, to bid you come speak with her; nor your name is not Master Cesario; nor this is not my nose neither. Nothing that is so is so.&quot;After Olivia enters, she persuades/orders Toby to put away his sword and leave by...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:41:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Act IV, Scene 1 of &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;, what attempts at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Act IV, Scene 1 of &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;, what attempts at persuasion are used in the first two sections of this scene? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:53:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sebastian is surprised to meet Olivia and is surprised by her invitation...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sebastian is surprised to meet Olivia and is surprised by her invitation to come inside her home because she mistakes him for Cesario (who is actually Viola in disguise). Viola and Sebastian are twins, so when Viola is dressed up like a man, she looks like her twin brother!  Despite being perplexed, Sebastian accepts Olivia's invitation to come into her home.  He feels like he is in a dream and that what he is experiencing certainly cannot...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:54:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Sebastian surprised to meet Olivia in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is Sebastian surprised to meet Olivia in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:48:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In ActV sc1 we learn from Fabian that Sir Toby and Sir Andrew have been...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In ActV sc1 we learn from Fabian that Sir Toby and Sir Andrew have been both badly injured by Sebastian the twin brother of Viola whom they mistook for Cesario (actually Viola) and challenged him for a duel. The badly injured Sir Andrew Aguecheek quits the play,remarking,&quot;I'll help you, Sir Toby because we'll  be dressed together.&quot;A little later we learn from Fabian that Sir Toby has married Maria in return for her part in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:20:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discuss the ending of &quot;Twelfth Night&quot; with special...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/twelfth/q-and-a/twelfth-night-comedie-where-everything-ends-well-42497</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Discuss the ending of &quot;Twelfth Night&quot; with special reference to Sir Toby, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Malvolio. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:39:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How much time elapses in the play]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/twelfth/q-and-a/how-much-time-elapses-play-42179</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How much time elapses in the play]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:09:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Malvolio is the steward of Olivia's household, as such it is his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Malvolio is the steward of Olivia's household, as such it is his responsibility to supervise the servants like Maria and Fabian. In order to emphasise his superiority over them, he bosses over them and is always rude to them. Maria ofcourse, resents this and it is she who devises the plan to deceive and humiliate him, &quot;for monsieur Malvolio let me/alone with him: if I do not gull him into a/nayword, and make him a common recreation.&quot;...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:53:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Malvolio is rude for several reasons. First is his innate character....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Malvolio is rude for several reasons. First is his innate character. He's a snob, and thinks he is better than he is. Second, some of the others are rude to him. I mean, look at how Sir Toby acts! He stumbles around drunk, is loud, crude, etc. This leads into a third reason. Malvolio is a bit prissy. Part of that is how he thinks he should act, as an aspiring member of the upper class, but some is just him. When Toby is crude, that grates on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:08:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you tell me why Malvolio is always rude to Sir Toby, Sir Andrew,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you tell me why Malvolio is always rude to Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Feste, Maria and Fabian in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:47:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[olivia stopped wearing a veil and stopped mourning for her brother...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[olivia stopped wearing a veil and stopped mourning for her brother because since she saw cesario/viola,she fell in love with her/him. she wanted to show her beauty to cesario/viola.she wanted cesario to fall in love with her too on seeing her beauty. but in vain as cesario is actually viola,a lady! it's not possible for her to fall in love with the lady Olivia.viola came to olivia to tell her how much Orsino love her. but olivia always refuses...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:31:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Viola uses different language according to when she is discussing love....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Viola uses different language according to when she is discussing love. When she first agrees to court for Orsino, in Act I, she uses a public language to him, one that's straightforward, and another when talking to herself, or the audience. You can see that here:&quot;I'll do my best To woo your lady. [Aside] Yet, a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife.&quot; The first half is straightforward-masculine, if you will, to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:33:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;, what language does Viola use when talking...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;, what language does Viola use when talking about her love?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:26:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:37:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the importance of songs in the play &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;?...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the importance of songs in the play &quot;Twelfth Night&quot;? Use quotations for close reference.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:04:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Although specific productions may vary in terms of how the play's ending...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/twelfth/q-and-a/why-does-twelfth-night-end-sour-note-148</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Although specific productions may vary in terms of how the play's ending is portrayed, in general the play's ending could be said to have an atypical ending for a romance/comedy. Malvolio is the butt of an elaborate practical joke, and since the character takes himself so seriously, and is possessed of string feelings, his humiliation leads him to storm off after an angry speech. This outburst may dampen the mood of the romantic revelations...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:25:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you think that the first real action that happens in &quot;Twelfth...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/twelfth/q-and-a/what-part-does-self-deception-play-twelfth-night-22915</link>
        <description><![CDATA[If you think that the first real action that happens in &quot;Twelfth Night&quot; is Viola deciding to costume herself as a boy and live under the name Cesario (though we do not hear the actual name &quot;Viola&quot; until Act 5 of the play!) it seems pretty clear that Shakespeare is putting deception, disguise and self-deception on the agenda. Have a think about Olivia's excessive mourning for her brother, about Orsino's dogged pursual of...]]></description>
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