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This lesson continues the thematic analysis of Twelfth Night, focusing on the interplay between appearance and reality, the Malvolio subplot as a study in humiliation and class, the tension between festive misrule and Puritan restraint, and the unsettling cruelty that sits within the play's comedy.
This is arguably the central theme of the play. Almost every character is deceived by or engaged in some form of appearance that does not match reality.
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