In Twelfth Night, one of the central or crucial themes would be the fact of social status within the generation. Like Sarah has already mentioned and from the discussion in class, the switch of hierarchy/authority represents how “The 12th Night after Christmas” is a scapegoat for the younger individuals to rule or overpower the people in which are in a higher status than them. At first, when we first mentioned this in class, it seemed quite amusing to me to be able to just imagine what that would be like in our own shoes. If we were given a sense of authority towards our relatives or parents, it would change your lives, even if time of use were limited.

One of the characters in which I find very amusing to see appear would be Malvolio, who seems to be constantly confused and blamed to his actions. It’s almost like Malvolio is naive and doesn’t quite understand how his actions reflect how how his character is shaped. For example, the ring in which is in ACT II, Malvolio gives Cesario the ring that Olivia has sent with him. This has made Viola realize about Olivia’s deception and eventually plays along with it, pretending that she did indeed give the ring to Olivia and then she ends up telling Malvolio that Olivia took the ring and encourages her to keep it. This scene gives me a better view of how naive Malvolio can get when he is put to a task or has the sense of responsibility of something. Due to the fact that Malvolio throws the ring afterwards, give me a better sense of the person he is. He is in love with Olivia and isn’t happy with the fact that he isn’t able to have her. However, I do feel sympathy towards him and see how hes in a disadvantage when it comes in even liking Olivia in the first place since he is in a lower social class than she is. Take the play for instance, it doesn’t really show how Malvolio is in a disadvantage nor does it hinders any sort of sympathy towards the character itself.

Below is a version of the entire play, there are also several alter versions that are based on Twelfth Night. However, (not to be a spoiler) but, in this version Olivia here is portrayed so sensibly, so different from what I imagined, or maybe it’s just based on my own perspective or what not.