Feste und Feiern

This exchange between Feste and Malvolio at the end of Twelfth Night encapsulates the play?s darker undercurrents beneath its comedic surface. Feste?s invocation of the ?whirligig of time ...

 

Feste compares Duke Orsino to an opal and taffeta to highlight his fickleness and inconstancy. Taffeta changes color when viewed from different angles and an opal is known for its shifting colors.

 

In Twelfth Night Feste and other comic characters serve to provide humor and critical commentary. Feste the fool uses wit to expose the follies and pretensions of the other characters while ...

 

SOURCE: "A Star is Born: Feste on the Modern Stage " in Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 39 No. 1 Spring 1988 pp. 61-78. All the characters in Twelfth Night are masqueraders?all imposters self ...

 

Feste on the other hand is a remarkable character and to expend his energies as Sir Toby's back-up man would detract considerably from his complexity and versatility as a character.

 

Viola and Feste get along well in Act 3 Scene 1 of Twelfth Night because they engage in witty banter as intellectual equals.

 

Scene 5 Scene 5 opens with a witty conversation between Maria and the clown Feste. Maria lightly scolds Feste for being absent from Olivia?s service for too long and the two enjoy a series of ...

 

Feste the jester my lord; a fool that the lady Olivia's father took much delight in Curio introduces Feste by name to Orsino in Act II Scene 4 highlighting Feste's dual role as both a ...

 

Feste's final song in Act 5 Scene 1 of Twelfth Night highlights the harshness of reality and the prevalence of foolishness in life. The song's refrains about wind and rain symbolize life's daily ...

 

Feste has also been referred to as the only character in Twelfth Night who remains detached from the play's conflicts thus being able to comment objectively on the other characters' actions and ...