Twelfth Night in 1602 – GradSchoolPapers.com
Imagine you are directing a production of Twelfth Night in 1602. Would you stage the play at the beginning of the holiday season to gear up for festivities, at the high point of raucous
celebration, or on the last day as everything is winding down and returning to normal? In a 6 to 7-page essay, explain your directorial choice by arguing to what extent the play makes fun of social
hierarchies and codes of conduct, and to what extent the play ultimately reinforces those hierarchies and codes as necessary restrictions. You can consider issues of gender-bending, sexuality,
social class, religion, or some combination of these to help you refine your argument.