Melancholy comedy
(A reminder that when you quote from Twelfth Night's lines, you are to use the original Shakespearean wording and the citation within the essay paragraphs must be cited in this form: (Shakespeare, Act no./Scene no./Line no.)
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5-8 page double spaced Microsoft word essay regarding the play Twelfth Night discussing one of these
themes listed. Email me if you have any outside analysis ideas.. Works cited list
required, At least two outside sources, MLA , Microsoft Word, Times New Roman , Size 12, double
spaced.
Possible themes:
Melancholy comedy
Comedy/ Romance genre conventions and parody
Poetic Style
Historical background of the text
Historical influences
Legacy of the text
Author relationship to text
Social themes: Gender re-definitions
Social themes: Transgenderism
Social themes: Gender connections and respect for other gender
Social themes: Feminism
Social themes: definitions of romantic love (both for women and men)
Social themes: breaking class barriers and showcasing social class hypocrisies
Social themes: Religious Dogma and true spirituality
Social themes: the fallacies of puritanism
Familial love
Themes of disguise and empowerment
Themes of deception in outward appearance
Themes of deception and trickery
Manipulators and movers
Text and Adaptation
Staging of text
Modern day relevance
The wisdom of fools and the foolishness of seemingly wise
Power of the arts
Music and singing
The power of comedy
Messages about mourning and sorrow
True Love and the idea of love
Love, service and Self-sacrifice
Themes of nature: Earth and Water imagery
Character foils and rivalries
Race relations and prejudice
Cowardice and proving one’s self
Text flaws and plot holes and errors
Character analysis
Disgrace and humiliation
Vanity, pride and arrogance p
Changing fate
Re-defintion of self and self-knowledge
Character connections
Twists and turnabouts and irony
Wordplay and comedy
Fools and Clergy
Love and madness
Love and death
The significance of money
Expectations of gentlemen and gentleladies
The significance of Clothes
Communication and miscommunication
The power of words and letters
Shakespeare Play down below.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/twelfth_night/
Combatants are people who are involved directly or indirectly with the war and it is lawful to kill ‘to shelter the innocent from harm…punish evildoers (Begby et al (2006b), Page 290).However, as mentioned above civilian cannot be harmed, showing combatants as the only legitimate targets, another condition of jus in bello, as ‘we may not use the sword against those who have not harmed us (Begby et al (2006b), Page 314).’ In addition, Frowe suggested combatants must be identified as combatants, to avoid the presence of guerrilla warfare which can end up in a higher death count, for example, the Vietnam War. Moreover, he argued they must be part of the army, bear arms and apply to the rules of jus in bello. (Frowe (2011), Page 101-3). This suggests Frowe seeks a fair, just war between two participants avoiding non-combatant deaths, but wouldn’t this lead to higher death rate for combatants, as both sides have relatively equal chance to win since both use similar tactics? Nevertheless, arguably Frowe will argue that combatant can lawfully kill each other, showing this is just, which is also supported by Vittola, who states: ‘it is lawful to draw the sword and use it against malefactors (Begby et al (2006b), Page 309).’ In addition, Vittola expresses the extent of military tactics used, but never reaches a conclusion whether it’s lawful or not to proceed these actions, as he constantly found a middle ground, where it can be lawful to do such things but never always (Begby et al (2006b), Page 326-31). This is supported by Frowe, who measures the legitimate tactics according to proportionality and military necessity. It depends on the magnitude of how much damage done to one another, in order to judge the actions after a war. For example, one cannot simply nuke the terrorist groups throughout the middle-east, because it is not only proportional, it will damage the whole population, an unintended consequence. More importantly, the soldiers must have the right intention in what they are going to achieve, sacrificing the costs to their actions. For example: if soldiers want to execute all prisoners of war, they must do it for the right intention and for a just cause, proportional to the harm done to them. This is supported by Vittola: ‘not always lawful to execute all combatants…we must take account… scale of the injury inflicted by the enemy.’ This is further supported by Frowe approach, which is a lot more moral than Vittola’s view but implies the same agendas: ‘can’t be punished simply for fighting.’ This means one cannot simply punish another because they have been a combatant. They must be treated as humanely as possible. However, the situation is escalated if killing them can lead to peace and security, within the interests of all parties.