Twelfth Night Essay -- Literature, Shakespeare

In Shakespeares Twelfth Night and in Molires The Imaginary Invalid, two ladies are presented, that are not needfully the leading protagonist, but they help unravel the plays plots into something amazing. Twelfth Night features Maria, the lady in waiting to Olivia. At first Maria comes off as a dilettante, later on we find out thats not the case at all. Meanwhile, in The Imaginary Invalid, there is the disputatious Toinette, who is the maidservant and nurse to the complex number invalid himself, Argan. Maria and Toinette are two strong women characters, their strength and wit is depicted by Maria and Toinettes deceiving schemes to make their plays more stimulating as well as their objectivity by dint ofout all the chaos in their respective play.In addition, Maria plays the role of the lady in waiting who basically doesnt do anything for herself except take orders. Later on the reader soon realizes that, Maria is a strong witty character that takes matters in to her take hands. Maria developes a strategy, first she goes for the messed up drunken Sir Toby and her goal is to straighten him out. Maria confronts Sir Toby about his drunkenness, That quaffing and drinking will undo you I heard my lady talk of it yesterday (1.3.128). Sir Toby begins to take notice in Maria. Maria begins to plot with Toby to bring down Malvolio (the condescending butler) as a practical joke. Through the process of plotting against Malvolio with Toby, Maria develops a back bone something she was not known for with Olivia. Maria took the lead in the plotting and Toby starts taking her orders, Observe him, for the love of mockery, for I know this letter will make a contemplative idiot of him (2.5.18-19) As a result of the jokes success, Mari... ...was depicted through her persistence to help aid Toby and eventually gain his approval as well as becoming his equal. Meanwhile, Toinettes dependability is depicted through her selfless as Argans nurse/maidservant and confidant to his dau ghter. And her quick wit that in the end allowed her to come up with a plan that would eventually make that play the quirky comedy it is today. Thus, concluding that both Maria and Toinette are similar, because they are both strong character and quite witty, witty replete to change the total outcome of their respective plays.Works CitedMolire. The Imaginary Invalid. A Dozen French Farces Medieval to Modern. Ed. and Trans. Albert Bremel. New York Limelight, 1997.13-64. Print. Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York chapiter Square Press, 2005. Print