Review number # 3 of week 2/19-2/25

Hi Mason

My name is Lyn and I am doing a review for Simply Positive.

Please remember I am a writer, I know what it feels like to be reviewed! Please take what you feel is helpful and disregard the rest. Only YOU know what is right for your writing!

Title: A literature Essay on Twelfth Night.

First Impression: This must have been written for a school assignment. I'll read on since I enjoyed the Twelfth Night.

What I liked: "However some language between the characters for modern audiences could be viewed as a little over emotive. 'If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant' (2.1.30-1, Norton 2nd edition, p.1806) this statement is not typical of a heteronormative relationship between a Captain and passenger. This could simply be down to a comedic idea of sexualized banter of sea going men who exchange such words in a tongue-in-cheek manner adding to the comedic value of the play." In reading, the story I felt it was tongue and cheek play more than a conversation between two gay lovers.


What needs your attention:Your title, you have misspelled Twelfth


Favorite Parts: " If Shakespeare had been writing in a manner that was politically persuasive and that foregrounded homoeroticism with impunity then he could not have chosen a better way of doing it. It appears ostensibly that the play is simply festive fun where the working class is elevated and family reunion is the order of the day." Excellent summation in my humble opinion.

Overall Impression: I felt that Shakespeare wanted to rattle cages and make people think outside the norm, to stimulate the imagination of what is possible in love. If women had actually been able to be in the roles I wonder if these same conversations would actually occur.

Thank you for letting me read your work. It was my pleasure!
Lyn




My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .