Understanding Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

by Robert A. Albano

William Shakespeare's marvelous madcap comedy explained in plain and simple prose! The eminent literary critic Harold Bloom compared the pacing of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night" to that of a Marx Brothers comedy. Two words that perhaps best describe a Marx Brothers comedy are insanity and fun. Bloom’s comparison is not as far-fetched as some people might at first think. "Twelfth Night" is also a play about insanity and fun.