Twelfth Night

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

What will you do?

- Learn about Shakespeare. 

Learn about the play.

- Answer the questions

What do you know about Shakespeare?

Learn more...

Watch the clip about Shakespeare.

Answer the questions afterwards.

Waarom werden alle rollen door mannen gespeeld?

In welke genres schreef Shakespeare als eerste?

Look at the picture and pick a phrase:

Which phrase did you choose?

Translate the phase into Dutch:

Use the phrase in a sentence.

Inspiration

Shakespeare's plays formed an inspiration for many modern art forms. 

Listen to / Watch the song on the next page.

Which play is this song based on?

Next...

You will be watching a modern version of one of Shakespeare's plays.

First, we will dive into the orignal: Twelfth Night.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy probably written by Shakespeare around 1601.

Twelfth Night is the only one of Shakespeare’s plays to have an alternative title: the play is actually called Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Critics are divided over what the two titles mean, but “Twelfth Night” is usually considered to be a reference to Epiphany, or the twelfth night of the Christmas celebration (January 6). In Shakespeare’s day, this holiday was celebrated as a festival in which everything was turned upside down—much like the upside-down, chaotic world of Illyria in the play.

The play is about mistaken identity and falling in love.

More watching

Watch the clip of Twelfth Night on the next page and answer the questions.

Correct order

After you've watched the clip:

On the next slide, drag the sentences into the correct order.

So what came first to number 1 and so forth.

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Viola disguises herself as a boy called Cesario.

Lady Olivia asks Sebastian to marry her because she thinks he is Cesario.

Duke Orsino loves Lady Olivia but Lady Olivia doesn’t love Duke Orsino.

Viola is shipwrecked and thinks that her brother is dead

Duke Orsino asks Viola to marry him.

Viola gets a job as a messenger for Duke Orsino.

When Viola sees Sebastian she tells everyone the truth.

Lady Olivia loves Cesario but Viola loves Duke Orsino

True/False

After watching the clip, choose if these statements are true or false.

Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Viola disguises herself as a boy because she needs a job.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Duke Orsino sends messages to Lady Olivia because he hates her.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Viola is happy because she loves Duke Orsino.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Viola is worried because Lady Olivia starts to fall in love with Cesario.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Viola doesn’t tell the truth because of her brother.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Sebastian is really dead.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Sebastian doesn’t understand but he agrees to marry Lady Olivia.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Duke Orsino is happy when Olivia calls Viola her husband.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Lady Olivia marries Sebastian and Viola marries Duke Orsino.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Why do you think Viola felt she needed to disguise herself as a man?
Think about the time this was written in.

Next step:

You will start watching She's the Man  which is based on this play in EdPuzzle.

How excited are you to watch this movie?

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