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Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

3.93 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i enjoyed it more at first and less as it went along. id really like to do some reading around this play though especially how it plays with gender i found that super interesting.
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny lighthearted

Not my favorite Shakespearian drama. Then again, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will always hold an extra special place in my heart, so maybe I would’ve enjoyed this comedy before if I had read it before Midsummer. I will say that today’s conception of a love triangle seems sad in comparison to the love triangle here. Shakespeare did know how to keep things interesting.
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I sorely missed the feeling of finishing a book.

Definitely not as deep as the few other plays of Shakespeare’s I have read (Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet), nor the best of his sonnets, but a delightful play with words nonetheless.

Interesting to read something simpler, and more comical. Both Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are more on the tragic side, which lends itself better to depth than the comic ever has. Makes me feel like I have gained some insight into the movie theatres of the 1600s. Would love to see this, and the other mentioned plays, performed.
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No