William Shakespeare wrote a satirical play, Twelfth Night in the 16th century. The date is not certain but it occurred around the same time he wrote Hamlet. Twelfth Night is widely famous today for being a cross-dressing comedy, which means that the characters dress up. William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night descends into a state of widespread misperception and disordered behavior, the power of love saving the wayward characters from chaos and restoring order to their lives and kingdom. Pain is what makes Viola hide and she hides as someone else and falls in love. Finally, the harsh history of gender confusion is explained. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare wrote this play to prepare the audience for a jovial atmosphere of celebration that consisted of drinking, dancing, and a general sense of self-indulgence. The show expanded the tumultuous disorder expected on Twelfth Night. Even in the play, Shakespeare showed evidence that he may be against social norms, he elevated women to equal or superior roles to men within the play. It also deepens this thought by giving women intellectual characteristics, placing a woman in a role of power, disguising a woman as a man, demonstrating that a woman has the same right of proclamation as a man, and preventing a woman from being prosecuted with a criminal charge . it is used as hyperbole in Twelfth Night. Olivia decided to mourn her brother by hiding her face behind a black veil and not seeing anyone for seven years. In Act 1, Scene 1 Valentine says: "The element itself, until the heat of seven years, will not see its face at the sight of a mole, but like an enclosure, will walk veiled and water once a day its room with eye offerings." brine – this whole season at...... middle of paper...... portrays the gender confusion that was occurring during that time period. Men dressed as women to play their parts in plays because women couldn't be in plays. In this play women dressed up as men to get a job. The confusion begins when Viola disguises herself as her brother and tries to be him, but his voice is dull and his behavior shows that he is not a real man. Viola works a lot to try to hide her image, she convinced everyone. Everyone he comes in contact with believes he is really a boy. At the end of the show she shows her true self and everyone is shocked when she and her brother meet at the same time. After the truth comes out Orsino shows his love to Viola and Sebastian and Olivia are all already married. In the end the gender confusion was challenging, but it went well and everyone was happy.