ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Twelfth night” is a:
A
Tragedy
B
Comedy
C
Problem play
D
Both a and b
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night’s entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck.

Detailed explanation-2: -Twelfth Night is a Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity. Twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola fears Sebastian is dead and disguises herself as a boy, calls herself Cesario, and takes up service with Duke Orsino, falls in love but can’t do anything about it due to her disguise.

Detailed explanation-3: -Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy, and romantic love is the play’s main focus. Despite the fact that the play offers a happy ending, in which the various lovers find one another and achieve wedded bliss, Shakespeare shows that love can cause pain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s earliest (1594 or earlier), Twelfth Night from his rich middle period (1600-1601), and Pericles from around 1608.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” or “What you Will” include blending of realism and imagination. It is a typical element of his comedies and he draws the real life characters set up in an ethereal world of “Illyria”.

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