twelfth night

In this play there is the very interesting topic of gender and identity confusion. Both by the characters disguising there gender, like Viola and those who think they are falling in love with people that they think are someone else like Orisono and Olivia. I like how Shakespeare used this intersting plot twist for a comical reason. Like Orisino who falls in and out of love so fast he dosent even really know the true gender of the person he is infatuated with is, he also just seems to care about being in love not whom he is love with. Also Shakespeare could have easily made Viola get a job as a ladys maid of another profession that would not require her to cross dress. But thankfully Shakerspeare is able to create a comedic play out of this situations.