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Analytically examine the disregard of social order and traditionalism in Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night. Scrutinize how the play celebrates social upheavals, such as riotous partying and cross-dressing, yet ridicules ambitious attempts to cross class boundaries.
Finally reveal your assessment of Shakespeare’s personal ideas on Social order and traditionalism from your findings, show supporting evidence towards your reasoning.
Make sure to discuss the dramatic irony, techniques and symbolisms used in The Twelfth Night by including at least 5 supporting quotations that are embedded correctly.
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Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night” was named after the holiday celebrated at the time where
everything was turned upside-down. Traditions and social norms were suspended temporarily for
the day. In Illyria, where the story is set, social order and traditionalism are disregarded in the
sense that the characters in the play behave like commoners despite their noble birth. At the time
the play was set, cross-dressing was seen as sinful and class systems were strictly observed.
However, in the play, Viola dresses as a man, Malvolio wants to gain authority over his superiors
like Sir Toby and Sir Toby himself marries Maria, who is a lower social class than him.
Viola dressed as a man in order to gain employment since she thought her brother had
drowned and she was all a...