Carnival and Chaos

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  • Carnival and Chaos
    • Twelfth Night (Epiphany)
      • Known as the 'feast for fools'
        • Pranks, folly, and deception were all allowed. Time for topsy-turvy confusion
      • Hierarchy was suspended
        • Servant could order their masters about, and a 'Lord of Misrule' was elected
    • Sir Andrew and Sir Toby
      • Malvolio
        • "Dost thou think that, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
          • Sir Andrew and Sir Toby
            • Malvolio
              • "Dost thou think that, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
                • Malvolio refuses to accept that he is only a steward, and his punishment is both the scene of "torture" and having to leave the festivities
                  • He refuses to acknowledge the balance of extremes between himself and Sir Toby, thinking they are equals, or he is superior
                    • "Cousin Toby" "Kinsman Toby"
                    • Malvolio and Sir Toby are the personified image of the Saturnalia spirits of chaos and order
              • Sir Toby fulfils the role of 'Carnival King' - he upholds the feasting and revelry
                • Overturns norms - turns night into day with continuous drinking "tis too late to go to bed now", creates a mock duel and rejects convention by marrying Maria - a maid
          • Malvolio refuses to accept that he is only a steward, and his punishment is both the scene of "torture" and having to leave the festivities
            • He refuses to acknowledge the balance of extremes between himself and Sir Toby, thinking they are equals, or he is superior
              • "Cousin Toby" "Kinsman Toby"
              • Malvolio and Sir Toby are the personified image of the Saturnalia spirits of chaos and order
        • Sir Toby fulfils the role of 'Carnival King' - he upholds the feasting and revelry
          • Overturns norms - turns night into day with continuous drinking "tis too late to go to bed now", creates a mock duel and rejects convention by marrying Maria - a maid
      • Disguise and Misunderstanding (cross-dressing)
        • Viola becomes a servant in charge of her master, a woman in charge of a man and changes the normal hierarchy
      • Feste
        • Possibly another Lord of Misrule - arguably Feste orchestrates much of the play's plot
          • Feste is not bound by rules (he has no rank or status), makes sun of everyone, regardless of class, uses double entendres and puns and provides humour

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