blog writing #a modern perspective: twelfth night discussion post

This source is a short discussion post of the play Twelfth Night, located towards the end of the play in the Folger Shakespeare Library version of the book. Those textual notes examine two major matters in the play: the position of gender and Viola’s disguise as Cesario, and the position of the idiot in this play. Viola’s cover as a male – and if viewing it inside the context of Shakespeare’s time: a male, playing a lady, disguised as a male – complicates the romantic relationships inside the play, but also drives the plot alongside to the play’s resolution.