Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Not) is a play written by William Shakespeare. The story focuses on the journey of Viola, who gets shipwrecked onto an island in the Pacific Ocean. In the story, Johann Sebastian Bach (referred to as "Sebastian" in the play) finds Viola on a deserted island, and he invents the C Major scale. However, it is revealed that Viola was actually trans the entire time.
Twelfth Night is the sequel to Shakespeare's previous play, Eleventh Night, and it is a prequel to Star Wars. It is often considered to be Shakespeare's best play by many Shakespeare fans from around the world. The book is praised by English teachers for its themes on gender equality. Oh, by the way, Mr. Karls, I hope you know that you're the worst English teacher I've ever had. I hated every second of this book, and reading it made me want to rip my eyes out. Twelfth Night has been adapted into a film, an anime series, and a cereal flavor.
Characters[edit | edit source]
- Viola - A stringed instrument that is slightly larger than a violin.
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Sebastian) - Some nerd who composes music.
- Olivia - An unimportant side character.
- Cassio - Othello's lieutenant.
- Maria - The main villain of the play.
- Osama Bin Laden - Cameo character.
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
Act 1[edit | edit source]
A pirate ship sailing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean gets destroyed by a group of terrorists, and everyone on board dies, except for Viola and Sebastian. Viola and Sebastian end up on an island with no way to escape.
Act 2[edit | edit source]
Sebastian uses Viola, and he invents the C Major scale out of boredom. What he doesn't know is that the key of C was cursed at this time, and he accidentally summons a demon.
Act 3[edit | edit source]
Sebastian grabs a random person from the audience, and he sacrifices them to stop the demon. In modern performances of the play, Sebastian usually sacrifices two audience members instead of one to make it seem more realistic.
Act 5[edit | edit source]
The time-traveling space wizards from Act 4 reveal themselves to be Viola's cousins, which inspires her to come out as transgender.
Adaptations[edit | edit source]
In 2013, Pixar produced a film adaptation of Twelfth Night. This version of the story is generally viewed as one of the worst Shakespeare film adaptations of all time, as Viola was replaced with Violin, and her transgender arc was censored. The film writers even added a sixth act, which adds nothing to the plot of the story.
In 2015, a short anime series was made by some lonely guy living in his mother's basement. The anime was only 11 episodes long, and it is praised by many fans for capturing the original essence of the play. According to the anime popularity polls, Twelfth Night is ranked as the third-best anime of all time, losing only to Cory in the House and Quran: The Anime.
Legacy[edit | edit source]
In modern music, the key of C Major is often used to reference Twelfth Night. C Major is the most popular key signature in the world due to the popularity of Twelfth Night.
Many transgender people use Viola as an LGBT symbol. Viola is often considered to be the first transgender character in literature, but some people debate that Moses from The Bible came first.
Johann Sebastian Bach was the most popular character in the story. Due to his popularity, he was made into a real person a few years after the play was made. Johann Sebastian Bach would then become one of the most famous musician of all time.
See Also[edit | edit source]
| Tragedies: Antony and Cleopatra • Coriolanus • Hamlet • Julius Caesar • King Lear • Macbeth • Othello • Romeo and Juliet • Romeo + Juliet • Timon of Athens • Titus Androgynous • Titus Andronicus • Troilus and Cressida
Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream • All's Well That Ends Well • As You Like It • The Comedy of Errors • Cymbeline • Dude, Where Art Mine Horse and Carriage? • Love's Labour's Lost • Measure for Measure • The Merchant of Venice • The Merry Wives of Windsor • Much Ado About Nothing • Pericles, Prince of Tyre • Taming of the Shrew • The Tempest • Twelfth Night • The Two Gentlemen of Verona • The Two Noble Kinsmen • The Winter's Tale Histories: The Bawdy Bard • King John • Richard I • Richard II • Henry IV, Part 1 • Henry IV, Part 2 • Henry V • Henry VI, part 1 • Henry VI, part 2 • Henry VI, part 3 • Henry VIII • Richard III • Richard IV • Richard V • Richard VI • Richard VII • Richard VIIII • Richard IX • Richard X Poems and Sonnets: Venus and Adonis • The Rape of Lucrece • The Passionate Pilgrim • The Phoenix and the Turtle • A Lover's Complaint • Sonnet 18 |
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