1. To what extent is the comedy in Twelfth Night aggressive?
... hang yourselves, all." (III, 4, 121) do back up Levin's "officious snob" statement but as the situation continues the comedy gets darker, reaching the point where they talk of being crowned "finder of madmen" and "have him in a dark room and bound for our pleasure" (III, 4, 131-2). This is evidence of a play being, as Fluchere said, "only on the fringe of comedy ... ...
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