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7 pages in length. No one is without a social face; in fact, people often maintain many social faces depending upon the situation or the ultimate objective. When assessing Viola's emotional and mental disguise in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the student will want to address such elements as social dictate, gender oppression and the aspect of patriarchal control as they relate to the inherent association to social façade. Transcending this concept to contemporary times, the student will want to discuss the need for social acceptance to the point of donning a politically correct front in order to achieve success in certain social circles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Night, the student will want to address such elements as social dictate, gender oppression and the aspect of patriarchal control as they relate to the inherent association to social fa?ade.
Transcending this concept to contemporary times, the student will want to discuss the need for social acceptance to the point of donning a politically correct front in order to
achieve success in certain social circles. That Viola takes on the disguise of a boy indicates that gender oppression and patriarchal control compelled her to hide her true identity.
Were she able to disguise herself as another woman, these issues would not be applicable; however, since she believed the only convincing choice she had was to pose as a
male, this transformation speaks to the power of gender throughout society. Patriarchy has long assumed that the male gender is, by nature, regarded as superior over its female counterpart;
while this mentality has been somewhat reversed in certain global communities, it still takes precedent in many others that refuse to alter centuries-worth of tradition. "There is a fair
behavior in thee, captain; And though that nature with a beauteous wall Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee I will believe thou hast a mind that suits With
this thy fair and outward character. I prithee, and Ill pay thee bounteously, Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The
form of my intent. Ill serve this duke: Thou shall present me as an eunuch to him: It may be worth thy pains; for I can sing And speak to
him in many sorts of music That will allow me very worth his service. What else may hap to time I will commit; Only shape thou thy silence to my
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