... for the comic confusion. Viola, the protagonist, is stranded on the shores of a foreign land by a shipwreck. She adopts the identity of her brother Sebastian so that she can live in safety without a male protector. Shakespeare uses the comedy behind Viola's gender transformation to explore the notion that concepts of romantic love are not always selective by gender. In the course ... of the play we are presented with a series of same-gender romances. After a superficial look at the function of Shakespeare's gender swapping, we can start to delve deeper into ... theory homosexuality is ...

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