What do you mean, "delay, the future is numbered, 20 beautiful women, please kiss me, the grass is dying, and youth is fleeting"?

From the creation of the twelfth night. Don't waste time, youth is short. (Twenty represents youth) Young and beautiful girl, please come and love me. If the seasons change again, the vegetation withers again, and time passes quickly, don't waste our great youth. "

Twelfth night (Shakespeare's plays)

Twelfth Night is a play written by English playwright Shakespeare. Written in 1600- 1602, registered in the bookstore at 1623, and received in first folio in the same year.

Sebastian and Viola, twin brothers and sisters, were killed in a sea voyage. They both fled the danger and went to Illyria. Viola disguised herself as a boy for the Duke of Ossino. She has a crush on the Duke, but the Duke loves the countess Olivia.

But Olivia didn't love him, but fell in love with Viola who pursued herself rather than the duke. After some interesting twists and turns, Viola and Ossino, Olivia and Sebastian all got married. Although Olivia doesn't love Sebastian. But his face is exactly the same as Viola's, which satisfies her wish.

In the form of lyric style and romantic comedy, this work once again eulogizes the beautiful ideal of humanism for love and friendship, and shows the beauty of life and love.

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Creation background

The storyline of this play comes from The Twin Brothers written by Roman playwright Plautus and the Italian drama Ingani. In Italy, there are three kinds of plays with the theme of Ingani, one is written by Nicolas Sage and Caziot gonzaga, and the other is a well-known work with French and Spanish translations.

British writer Richie also wrote a prose work "Apollon News and Silas" based on the French translation of Yi Ming's plays, which may be the most direct source of Shakespeare.

In addition, Satubia may also refer to the play Sir Clara Manning and Sir Clemdes by Anonymous (1570- 1583), Acadia by Sidney (1590) and Romantic Paris Moss by Emmanuel Ford.

Some scholars think that the description of Malfurion implies a courtier named William Norris in Queen Elizabeth's court.

In The Wrong Comedy written by 1594, Shakespeare wrote two pairs of twins. Because they look exactly the same, they are misunderstood by people around them and make a lot of jokes. Finally, everyone met together, cleared up the misunderstanding and had a happy ending. There are some similarities between Twelfth Night and Wrong Comedy.

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