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A 5 page paper looking at this pivotal character in Shakespeare’s dark and complex comedy. The paper asserts that Feste is the wisest person in the play, for only he has the objectivity to see all the characters in their most foolish guises, and the ability to tell them about it. Bibliography lists 4 sources (attached).
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the story of Orsino and Viola and Olivia and Sebastian -- features lost siblings united and lovers joined in marriage; it throws in some mistaken identities and women disguised as
boys, which were also typical of a romantic play during this time (Shakespeare used the motif several times in other plays). It has a happy ending, with all four lovers
marrying their own true love (and a person of the correct sex), and all of them poised to live happily ever after. And yet the play is set on Twelfth
Night, a holiday which derives from the medieval practice of celebrating Christmas for the entire period between Christmas Eve and Epiphany, January 6 -- literally, the term refers to the
"twelfth night" after Christmas. Even by Shakespeares day, Twelfth Night revels were far more than a simple extension of the good cheer that characterized Christmas. Rather, everything was deliberately turned
upside down; activities that were generally prohibited as being violations of custom or good taste were encouraged during that short period, much like a bizarre combination of Mardi Gras and
April Fools Day today. In this spirit, Shakespeare tosses into his romantic mix a jester, Feste, who is often called "the Fool." And yet Feste is not foolish at all,
but around him revolve some of the most significant issues of this extremely complex play. Feste, whom George Steiner calls "Shakespeares unfathomable clown, in whom the music of merriment and
that of desolation are inextricable" (Steiner, sl.html), is the character who sets the stage for the Twelfth Night festivities. Olivia is supposed to be in mourning for her dead
brother during this period, as Malvolio pointedly reminds her; but nobody can really be in mourning during Twelfth Night. Feste comes in to lighten up the proceedings and remind everyone
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