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Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare

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All the characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night each change from the beginning of the writing to the end of the writing. They all have different personalities, from Feste, the mischievous clown to Sir Andrew Aguecheek, an arrogant man who is swallowed in the idea that he is witty and cunning. The setting has a large influence on the characters, as well as the plot. All of these combined add up to one of the most impactful and famous plays of all time : Twelfth Night, or What You Will.

At the beginning of the play, Olivia, a wealthy Illyrian lady has been mourning over her dead brother for seven years. Everyone is trying to encourage her to marry and get over him but she hasn’t found anyone she loves yet, nor does she understand it. “Oh,

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