Malvolio - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This is a summary of all the critical readings and productions over time that I used when studying and revising Twelfth Night for my A Level English Lit Paper 1. It's thorough and detailed, covering early critics, Viola, Malvolio, Sir Toby, Feste, Orsino, Olivia, Antonio, ambiguous ending, conflict, loss, disguise, comedy, gender, love and madness. I shared it with my friends who loved it and found it to be very useful for revision. Hope this helps!

Question- "'Malvolio is a completely unsympathetic character'. How far do you agree with this statement?" Awarded an 80%. Offers a mainly (bias) negative view of Malvolio.

PLATO English 12 Semester 1 End of Semester Test Read this passage from Beowulf. then, saw the sage companions who waited with Hrothgar, watching the flood,that the tossing waters turbid grew,blood-stained the mere. Old men together,hoary-haired, of the hero spake;the warrior would not, they weened, again,proud of conquest, come to seek their mighty master. To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.The ninth hour came. Which of these words best describes the effect this pas...

MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE B – 7717/1B – JUNE 2021 14  Sly as the butt of the joke, his gullibility and willingness to believe in the fiction, the absurdity of his elevation, the gap between his dim boorishness and supposed status  the entertainment arising from the role-playing of the Servingmen in their comic deference to Sly, the comic nature of their exaggerated servitude to a drunken fool  the reversal of status and power whereby Sly is elevated above his po...

These are notes for Twelfth Night I made for IGCSE Literature in English 0475 examination from 2023-25 under Paper 3: Drama. Includes themes, characters, language and quotations to support throughout. Under each character is: - Backstory - Character traits - Quotes - Personal development - Relationship with other characters - Importance in the play/ link to the theme Please note that some sentences have been copied word for word from the internet because these were meant to be notes jus...

This essay is a response to a 2017 Paper 1A Section B question on Twelfth Night which achieved full marks in 2020. It is an authentic response from a Year 13 student who obtained an A*. “In ‘Twelfth Night’, humour primarily comes from situations involving cruelty or suffering”. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Passage-based analysis on the question: 'How does Shakespeare characterise Olivia and the other members of her household in this scene?'. Handwritten; almost 2 pages. Awarded a 90/100

Providing a table of Critical Views on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. The notes are taken from an article written by Andrew Shouler. This provides AO5 for use in the part B question of Shakespeare in the OCR a-level English Literature exam question. Contains Critics name, what they said, and my personal reflection on the critics point - this will help provide a point when writing the essay answer.

Are you looking for a complete guide for the play Twelfth Night, the only thing you’ll need to ace your exam? Well, you need to look no further! By uploading this study guide, I hope to save you all the hundreds the hours of research that went into reading different thesis on this play and the characters to get a better grip of the novel and the context it was set in. What does this guide include? - Line by line analysis, with attempted passage based questions on two scenes. - Dis...

WRITTEN BY AN A* STUDENT!!! This document has a summary of ALL the quotes needed, divided into themes. It includes primary, critical and notes from the play. I only revised these quotes and found I always knew enough for different questions.