Twelfth night Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

My collection of essay questions and indicative content for revising "Twelfth Night" for A LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE

Full mark essay written by an A* English Literature student analysing Shakespeare’s use of language and its dramatic effects in A3S4 of Twelfth Night. This style of question is found in Section A of Paper 1 in OCR A-level English Literature and covers both AO1 and AO2. Please feel free to leave a review if you found this essay helpful and check out my other resources for Twelfth Night!

Twelfth Night passage question: 'How does Shakespeare present the relationship between Viola and Olivia in this scene (Act 3 Scene 1)?' 700-800 words

Full mark essay written by an A* English Literature student analysing Shakespeare’s use of language and its dramatic effects in A2S2 of Twelfth Night. This style of question is found in Section A of Paper 1 in OCR A-level English Literature and covers both AO1 and AO2. I have 3A* in my A-levels and 11 GCSEs at Grade 9 - please feel free to leave a review if you found this essay helpful and check out my other resources for Twelfth Night!

ull mark essay written by an A* English literature student in response to the question ‘Love is only ever presented as something superficial in ‘Twelfth Night’’, focusing on the love expressed by Orsino, Viola and Antonio. This style of question is found in Section B of Paper 1 in OCR A-level English Literature and covers AO1, AO3 and AO5. I have 3 A* in my A-levels and 11 GCSEs at Grade 9 - please leave a review if you found this essay helpful and check out my other resources for ...

This essay is a response to a 2017 Paper 1A Section B question on Twelfth Night which achieved full marks in 2020. It is an authentic response from a Year 13 student who obtained an A*. “In ‘Twelfth Night’, humour primarily comes from situations involving cruelty or suffering”. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Revision document produced by an A* English Literature A-level student containing key quotations, written analysis, critic quotes and production notes for EVERY character and theme in Twelfth Night. This will save a student from countless hours of researching which could instead be used for practising essay skills etc. In technical terms, this covers AO1, AO2, and AO5 and was designed with Paper 1 of the OCR English Literature A-level exam in mind, but may prove useful for other exam boards. ...

BLAKELY 1. Many of Shakespeare's plays center around a female lead dressing as a man to either hide her identity (Viola in Twelfth Night and Rosalind in As You Like It) or act in ways that women were not permitted to (Portia in The Merchant of Venice.) A). Why do you think Shakespeare employs this plot device so frequently? B). What does it say about his attitude toward women? C). Is his opinion different from what society's would have been then? - ANSWER-A) Shakespeare employs this plot devic...

These are notes for Twelfth Night I made for IGCSE Literature in English 0475 examination from 2023-25 under Paper 3: Drama. Includes themes, characters, language and quotations to support throughout. Under each character is: - Backstory - Character traits - Quotes - Personal development - Relationship with other characters - Importance in the play/ link to the theme Please note that some sentences have been copied word for word from the internet because these were meant to be notes jus...

This is a summary of all the critical readings and productions over time that I used when studying and revising Twelfth Night for my A Level English Lit Paper 1. It's thorough and detailed, covering early critics, Viola, Malvolio, Sir Toby, Feste, Orsino, Olivia, Antonio, ambiguous ending, conflict, loss, disguise, comedy, gender, love and madness. I shared it with my friends who loved it and found it to be very useful for revision. Hope this helps!