<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> More than any other Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night demonstrates hogender can be performed and impersonated with the use of voice, costume and mannerisms. The play explores the relationship between gender and desire, allowing us to understand the complex ways in which Shakespeare responded imaginatively to sex, gender and sexuality as determinants of human identity. The article also discusses various movie versions of the play.</p></abstract>

More than any other Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night demonstrates hogender can be performed and impersonated with the use of voice, costume and mannerisms. The play explores the relationship between gender and desire, allowing us to understand the complex ways in which Shakespeare responded imaginatively to sex, gender and sexuality as determinants of human identity. The article also discusses various movie versions of the play.

She’s the Man: Gender Dynamics in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

University of Oradea 1, Universitatii Str., 410087, Oradea, Romania

Gender Studies

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More than any other Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night demonstrates hogender can be performed and impersonated with the use of voice, costume and mannerisms....

She’s the Man: Gender Dynamics in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2013

Pages: 100 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0031-8

Mots clés
Elizabethan performance, gender, identity, movie versions

This content is open access.

She’s the Man: Gender Dynamics in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2013

Pages: 100 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0031-8

Mots clésElizabethan performance, gender, identity, movie versions

This content is open access.

Mots clés
Elizabethan performance, gender, identity, movie versions