Shakespeare s Twelfth Night Gift Exchange, Debt And The...

Luisa Sorto British Literature 2322 Professor Hassell December 3,2016 Modern sexusality in Shakespearian time In modern age, society finally accepts homosexuality,other sexual orientations, and gender identity became a more acceptable concept.However, even though it became acceptable once again in the twenty first century. Literature throughout the ages depicted different sexual orientation and gender identification. The play Twelfth Night made produced by William Shakespeare discusses the topics of sexuality during the early 17th century. The articles Gender Trouble in ‘Twelfth Night by Casey Charles agrees that the main central theme of this play is associated with gender identification and sexuality. However,the article â€Å"Rings and Things† in Twelfth Night:Gift Exchange, Debt and the Early Modern Matrimonial Economy by Stephanie Chamberlain examines the play having more to do with economically obligations that was occurring during that time instead of sexuality orientation. Due the different claims of the two authors, it makes the reader question what is this play by Shakespeare identifying as its central idea of focus. Is it about sexuality and how society might be disgusted by some individuals or the economically and materialistic problems that society faces? Before we discuss the articles. First let’s discuss what the plot of Twelfth Night is. The story starts with a guy name Orsino wanting to marry a girl named Olivia and a shipwreck happened where a girl