An excellent essay! I appreciate when the deeper themes of Twelfth Night are explored. It’s one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, but it’s understandably easy to overlook it as “just another gaudy comedy”.
Thanks, Matthew! I realized while researching this that there isn’t much commentary on Lewis’ insight about castle-building, which I think there really should be.
What an amazing essay! Thank you for such a beautiful reflection. I was so impressed with how you kept tying in these different sources so seamlessly. Twelfth Night is such a many-faceted play.
An excellent essay! I appreciate when the deeper themes of Twelfth Night are explored. It’s one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, but it’s understandably easy to overlook it as “just another gaudy comedy”.
Such a delight, Emily! The insight into interior fantasizing and castle building is spot on.
Thanks, Matthew! I realized while researching this that there isn’t much commentary on Lewis’ insight about castle-building, which I think there really should be.
Indeed! I hadn’t come across it before in those terms, but it’s totally along the same lines as its further amalgamation of escapism.
What an amazing essay! Thank you for such a beautiful reflection. I was so impressed with how you kept tying in these different sources so seamlessly. Twelfth Night is such a many-faceted play.
Thank you so much, Alexa! Yes, it is fascinating!