Twelfth Night
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Twelfth Night
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Introduction
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Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Act 1, scene 1
Act 1, scene 2
Act 1, scene 3
Act 1, scene 4
Act 1, scene 5
Act 2, scene 1
Act 2, scene 2
Act 2, scene 3
Act 2, scene 4
Act 2, scene 5
Act 3, scene 1
Act 3, scene 2
Act 3, scene 3
Act 3, scene 4
Act 4, scene 1
Act 4, scene 2
Act 4, scene 3
Act 5, scene 1
Themes
All Themes
Desire and Love
Melancholy
Madness
Deception, Disguise, and Performance
Gender and Sexual Identity
Class, Masters, and Servants
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Viola (Cesario)
Orsino
Olivia
Sebastian
Malvolio
Captain
Symbols
All Symbols
Costumes
Hallucination
Hunting
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Parody
Personification
Setting
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Soliloquy
Style
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