1. To what extent is the comedy in Twelfth Night aggressive?
... anywhere near as bad as his actions in the original. Also, Sebastian leaves Olivia with a child in Riche's version. These undertones show that Twelfth Night is based upon a turbulent story. Shakespeare manipulates this tale and takes out of it what he needs, converting the prose into a Romantic ... cast trick Malvolio into wearing. In relation to Malvolio's treatment the critic Fluchere says that "the tone of some scenes is only on the fringe of comedy" (Fluchere, 1964). I would go further in saying that at times Twelfth Night has undertones of the Revenge Tragedy genre. Malvolio's trea...
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