In william shakespeare's play twelfth night, twins viola and sebastian are often confused for each other, as viola dresses like a man to gain employment in a lady's household. how does this confusion most likely affect the play?

as the climax, it reveals that viola is not really sebastian's twin.
as part of the rising action, it creates humor and surprise because of the confused identities.
as the resolution, it proves that women and men should never dress in each other's clothing.
as part of the exposition, it creates tension between viola and sebastian.

B.  As part of the rising action, it creates humor and surprise because of the confused identities.

For a play to be considered a comedy, there are some elements that must be met.  One of the most obvious is tone, which must be playful and funny, and the “Twelfth Night” certainly has that.  Another element that should be present is deception and disguise, and this we get in how Viola dresses as a man.  The confusion Viola’s dressing causes is certainly building up to conflict and climax; thus, this makes it part of the rising action.  

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

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