Coursework Questions and how to answer the coursework questions

Coursework Questions 

1. Using Act 4 scene 2 as a starting point, do you feel that the character of Malvolio too cruelly treated for Twelfth Night to be classed as a comedy?
2. Malvolio’s potential to play both comic and tragic roles makes his character one of the most interesting in the play. Do you view Malvolio as a comic character or do you feel that he adds a tragic darkness to the play?
3. Do you feel that ‘Twelfth Night’ questions stereotypes or upholds them?
4. Although frequently the source of comedy, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night raises more serious points about gender and identity. How far do you agree with this statement?
5.    Explore the presentation and role of Feste in Twelfth Night.
6. How far do you agree that the ending of Twelfth Night is ambiguous rather than typically comic in its resolution?
7. It has been suggested that Shakespeare challenges the stereotypical roles of men and women. How far do you agree with this statement?
8. According to Bakhtin in carnivals “all distance between people is suspended”To what extent does the Twelfth Night use comic elements to blur social boundaries.
9.   How does dramatic irony contribute to both the comedy of the main plot and the comedy of the sub-plot in the Twelfth Night?
10. To what extent does Shakespeare present love as an illusion and a farce?

     The questions covered in class are: 10, 1,2 and 5.
       
       Question 10 
                  
                     

Twelfth night love from kparuk

       Questions 1 and 2 
                

Is the Twelfth Night too dark to be considered a comedy. from kparuk

  
         Question 5

       

The Role of Feste from kparuk