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| Scene from Twelfth Night, by Francis Wheatley |
William Shakespeare
c. 1602
4/5 stars
This is a tale of twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are separated by a shipwreck. Viola disguises herself as a man (Cesario) and becomes an attendant to Duke Orsino, with whom she falls in love. He loves Olivia, who in turn falls in love with Cesario. The plot is further complicated when Malvolio, Olivia's steward, is tricked into believing that she is in love with him.
The plot is convoluted but engaging, and it is generally amusing; however many aspects would have benefited from more attention. My main problem is that Shakespeare created too many subplots that required tying up, and, needing to end the play at a certain amount of hours, he threw everything at the audience in the last scene and made, to my mind, a weak ending.
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