Gender

• audience enjoyment may stem from such a make believe world where 'distinction between men and woman and blurring of gender roles in the play'

  Barber, 1959
• 'reversal of social rules threatens social structure in an enjoyable, refreshing way'

  Barber, 1959
• 'The closest we get to a typical male in the play is Duke Orsino'

  Maslen, 2006
• 'touch on the idea that masculinity and femininity is present in both genders'

  bevington 2002
• 'renews the meaning of normal relations' 


  Barber 1959
• 'masculinity is a matter of appearance'

  Bruce