FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Or, What is you Will
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Or, What you Will
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Or, What you Like It
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Or, What you Think
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Detailed explanation-1: -The full title of the play is Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Subtitles for plays were fashionable in the Elizabethan era, and though some editors place The Merchant of Venice’s alternative title, The Jew of Venice, as a subtitle, this is the only Shakespeare play to bear one when first published.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main plot follows the love triangle of Olivia, Orsino, and Viola, while the subplot follows the hilarious Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Maria in addition to their misadventures with Malvolio, Sebastian, and eventually the love triangle of the main plot.
Detailed explanation-3: -second title The subtitle of a piece of writing is a second title which is often longer and explains more than the main title. The play was, as the subtitle asserted, a real-life drama.
Detailed explanation-4: -Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy, more specifically a Shakespearean comedy. Shakespearean comedies have features like, mistaken identities, weddings, confusion, misunderstandings, physical humor, and happy endings, Twelfth Night has all these features.
Detailed explanation-5: -Turns out, Twelfth Night was the festival at which the play would be premiered for Queen Elizabeth I, opens a new window in 1601, and thus, when good old Will couldn’t come up with a better title, that’s what it became. What is Twelfth Night? Twelfth Night is the night before January 6, the twelfth day after Christmas.