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Comedy, disguise and unstable identity

Comedy, disguise and unstable identity

Twelfth Night is a comedy shaped by disguise, desire and mistaken identity. After a shipwreck separates Viola from her twin Sebastian, Viola disguises herself as Cesario and enters Orsino’s household.

1.1.5 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /1.1.5 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1.1.5 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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