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jhon007
jhon007
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Graduate School

In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' Viola and Malvolio posses good and bad qualities. Discuss? Refer to differences in their love.

 

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Posted by jhon007 on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 5:54 AM and tagged with characters, love, malvolio, qualities, shakespeare, twelfth night, viola.

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  1. coachingcorner
    coachingcorner Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    This question about Viola and Malvolio in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' looks like quite a detailed discussion. In looking at their positive and negative qualities, here are some that you may want to examine and describe in more detail than there is space for here:

    Look for quotes to illustrate...

    'Viola's' cheerfulness, enchanting demeanour, positive outlook,resilience, passion,delicacy,youthful charm,imaginative,sympathy

    also less positvely ...

    unadventurous,vulnerability,guarded,secretive,

    Malvolio

    Forward, lusty,fussy,serious, prudish,pedantic,vanity,egotistical,gullible,dreamy,officious,

    More positively...

    Sensible,sober,persevering,hopeful,managerial,open

    In terms of love, think of the following concepts and apply to each:

    Realism,delusion,infatuation,empathy,sentimental,leering,sensitive,

    fantasy,profound,tender.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/twelfth-night/malvolio-character-an...
    http://www.enotes.com/twelfth-night/q-and-a/how-does-shak...

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    Posted by coachingcorner on Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 5:51 AM