Shakespeare in 140 characters: Brit Lit students tweet "Twelfth Night" (Part II)

In preparation for a play they will be performing for TAPA, British Lit students have been working hard on learning the intricacies of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", through reading and re-reading the text, filing out worksheets for their lovable teacher, and, most recently, tweeting the entire play to the entire world. By popular demand, here is another selection of the amazing tweets done by them.

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The Characters

#Viola

#twelfthnight #Viola, twin sis of Sebastian, lands a job as servant 4 the loveofherlife, Duke. Catches the eye of Olivia, marries Duke.

— Gabriel Chen (@gabrielofchen) February 23, 2013

#twelfthnight #Viola aka Cesa, twin bro Seba, work 4 Duke, Oli loves HIM, end up marrying w/ Duke in the end when she reveals herself

— Calvin Lee(@calvinrolex_lee) February 20, 2013

Viola drowns then works for Orsino as Cesario & falls in love with him. Finally, they get together & she finds her bro. #twelfthnight #viola

— Christine Liao (@1113Liao) February 25, 2013

#Cesario

#Cesario is #Orsino's new love messenger to #Olivia, but (s)he feels bad because (s)he loves #Orsino. #A1S4 #twelfthnight

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 19, 2013

#Orsino

#Orisno #twelfthnight A nobleman. He loves Olivia.He finds his true love for man from the young Cesario. He married with Viola at the end.

— Mandy Wang (@MandyWang14) February 24, 2013

#Orsino : the count of Illyria, loved #Olivia. Send pp to woo #Oliviafor him. #twelfthnight

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 20, 2013

#Orsino's acting depressed and lovesick because #Olivia promises she won't show her face for 7years, yea, sure. #A1S1 #twelfthnight

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 19, 2013

#Olivia

#twelfthnight #Olivia the beautiful and rich orphan. Everyone loves her but she loves Viola/ Cesario. End up married Sebastian.

— Grace Y (@GraceYCL) February 25, 2013

#twelfthnight #Olivia is a pretty woman mourning for his dead bro for 7 years, until she sees Cesario and fall in love with him.

— Sally Wu (@sally1111880) February 24, 2013

#Olivia: an orphan just lost her bro. Everyone love her but she love #Cesario. Married w/ #Sebastian. #twelfthnight

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 20, 2013

#TobyBelch

#TobyBelch, drunk dude, uncle of #Olivia, friend w/ #AndrewAguecheek, play tricks on #Mavolio w/ #Maria. Ends up marry #Maria. #12night

— Emily Lee (@emilywego) February 19, 2013

Uncle of Oliva, friend of Andrew, always drunk, having the idea of trick Malvolio. At the end get with Maria. #TobyBelch #twelfthnight

— Kelly.C (@1038Kelly) February 28, 2013

#twelfthnight #Toby is #Olivia's uncle living together and loves to drink and fool around late in night as well as get together with #Maria

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 24, 2013

#Maria

#Maria #twelfthnight Olivia's waiting gentlewoman who imitates Olivia's handwriting and writes a love letter to Mavolio for a joke.

— Mandy Wang (@MandyWang14) February 24, 2013

#Maria a server of Olivia. She pretended Olivia to write a love letter to Malvolio n makes him think Olivia loves him. #Twelfthnight

— Joyce Chen (@joycecyay) February 24, 2013

#Maria :gentlewoman of #Olivia, later turn to be #Toby's side and trick #Malvolio. Married with #Toby at the end. #twelfthnight

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 20, 2013

#Feste

#Feste, also #SirTopas,the fool but the smart 1.Works 4 #Olivia & #Orsino. Willing to do anything for 💰. End up w/ nothing.#twelfthnight

— Emily Lee (@emilywego) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #Feste is a clown who's doing his job by making people laugh. He moves between Olivia and Orsino in the play.

— Sally Wu (@sally1111880) February 24, 2013

#Feste acts funny&stupid, but he's really the only one who knows what's going on. A wise fool. #twelfthnight

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 19, 2013

#Sebastian

#Twelfthnight #SebastianA guy who was parted from his sister and rescued by #Antonio. He got married accidentally with #Olvia.

— Sian Ho (@ho_sian) February 25, 2013

#Sebastian #twelfthnight Viola's twin brither. Rescued by Antonio. Suddenly marry with Olivia and find her sister at the same time.

— Minnie Wu (@1161Wu) February 24, 2013

#Sebastian is Viola's "dead" twin bro, and attracts ALL THE PEOPLE! #Antonio has a mancrush for him & Sebbo marries #Olivia. #twelfthnight

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 19, 2013

#AndrewAguecheek

A foolish knight madly in love with Olivia. Writes words down from Cesario in order to woo Olivia. #Twelfthnight #AndrewAgucheek

— Janelle Jia Yi Lo (@JBlaueRosa) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight CS #Andrew is a friend of Toby and he is crazy about Olivia but he doesn't have any chance to win her and he is an idiot

— Patrick (@patrickwu9) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #Andrew #Agucheek is a stupid rich guy who's Toby's good friend, <3 Oli but got rejected. challeng w/ Seba & Cesa plan by Toby

— Calvin Lee(@calvinrolex_lee) February 20, 2013

#Malvolio

#Mavolio, strict man that every1 hates, tricked by #Maria & #TobyBelch that #Olivia has a crush on him.End up as a crazy man. #twelfthnight

— Emily Lee (@emilywego) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #Malvolio is Olis steward (butler) got fool by MariaToby&Andre's LoveLetterPlan, falls in <3 crazily wth Oli, but got rejected

— Calvin Lee(@calvinrolex_lee) February 20, 2013

#Malvolio gave the ring back to #Ceasario. #Ceasario found out Viola liked her, bcuz she didn't give her ring.#twelfthnight #a2s2

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 19, 2013

#Antonio

#twelfthnight#Antoniois a guy who loves Sebastian, give his wallet to him to impress him. He is a criminal

— Hsiang cheng Wang(@mbai0910) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #Antonio rescues Sebastian and becomes "best friends" with him and loves him but is the enemy of #Duke and is arrested later

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 24, 2013

A sea captain and friend to Sebastian. Wanted by Duke Orsino. Unrequited love maybe. #Twelfthnight #Antonio

— Janelle Jia Yi Lo (@JBlaueRosa) February 24, 2013

Shakespeare in 140 characters: Brit Lit students tweet "Twelfth Night" (Part I)

In preparation for a play they will be performing for TAPA, British Lit students have been working hard on learning the intricacies of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", through reading and re-reading the text, filing out worksheets for their lovable teacher, and, most recently, tweeting the entire play to the entire world. Here is a selection of the amazing tweets done by them.

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The Play

Act I, Scene 1 (#a1s1)

#twelfthnight #A1S1 Viola and the sea captain had a conversation.Viola wanted to have a job, the captain suggested her as Orsino's eunuch.

— Belle Chen (@belle1994228) February 18, 2013

Duke is in love with Olivia; but she doesn't, because she's mourning for her dead brother for 7 years. #twelfthnight #A1S1

— Sally Wu (@sally1111880) February 18, 2013

Act I, Scene 2 (#a1s2)

Viola was in a shipwreck and was wash on shore of Illyria. She then dressed up as a male to work for Duke Orsino. #twelfthnight #a1s2

— Janelle Jia Yi Lo (@JBlaueRosa) February 19, 2013

#twelfthnight #A1S2 Viola hopes her brother has not drowned, after the captain comforts her, she wants to serve Olivia.

— Minnie Wu (@1161Wu) February 19, 2013

Act I, Scene 3 (#a1s3)

#twelfthnight #A1S3 Drunk Sir Toby B. comes back home at the midnight. He encourages Sir Andrew, who visits him, to chase his niece Olivia.

— TaKaKo(@takako_45) February 19, 2013

#A1S3 #twelfthnight Sir Toby introducted Sir Andrew to Maria. Sir Toby encourages Sir Andrew to court Olivia. Andrew shows his dance skill.

— Mandy Wang (@MandyWang14) February 19, 2013

Act I, Scene 4 (#a1s4)

Csario(Viola)became the fav of Orsino. Orsino sent Csario to bring love mail to Olivia.Csario fall in love with Orsino. #twelfthnight #a1s4

— Kelly.C (@1038Kelly) February 20, 2013

#twelfthnight #a1s4 #Viola become #Cesario to find Duke.Duke told Cesario he is the only man know his soul so Duke ask Cesario to get Olvia.

— Patrick (@patrickwu9) February 19, 2013

#A1S4#twelfthnight #DukeOrsino and #Viola became friends and Duke asked Viola to woo #Olvia for him.

— Sian Ho (@ho_sian) February 19, 2013

Act I, Scene 5 (#a1s5)

Feste calls Olivia a fool of being sad 'cause of her bro's death. Then she meets Cesario and falls in love with him. #twelfthnight #a1s5

— Christine Liao (@1113Liao) February 20, 2013

Feste cheers Olivia up,Malvolio calls Feste stupid,Cesario demands Olivia's attention&Olivia falls in❤& sends him a 💍. #A1S5 #twelfthnight

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 20, 2013

Act II, Scene 1 (#a2s1)

Viola's brother, Sebastian, was rescued by Antonio. Sebastian searches for Viola. Antonio follows even he refused. #twelfthnight #act2scene1

— Anderson Huang (@Andersonhamyc) February 24, 2013

Sebastian is leaving, Antonio wants to go together but it's dangerous, but later he still follows Sebastian #Twelfthnight #a2s1

— Joyce Chen (@joycecyay) February 19, 2013

Act II, Scene 2 (#a2s2)

#twelfthnight #a2s2 #Cesario finds out #Olivia has crash on him/her. While this happen, Viola/Cesario is actually fall in love with #Orsino.

— Patrick (@patrickwu9) February 19, 2013

#twelfthnight #A2S2 By Olivia's command, Malvolio gives Viola a ring. Later, Viola realized that Olivia likes her.

— Sally Wu (@sally1111880) February 19, 2013

Act II, Scene 3 (#a2s3)

#A2S3 #Twelfthnight#Toby #Andrew and #Maria decided write a love letter to fool #Malvolio into doing stupid things to impress #Olivia.

— Sian Ho (@ho_sian) February 19, 2013

#twelfthnight #a2s3 #Toby drunk at Olivia's house dancin nd singin with #Fool #Maria and #Andrew they brought up a plan to mess up Malvolio

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 19, 2013

Act II, Scene 4 (#a2s4)

Orsino says he can c Cesario is in❤. C admits it & says he's in❤with sum1 like Or. Feste comes to sing a sad song. #twelfthnight #A2S4

— Kristiana (@kriktonite23) February 20, 2013

#twelfthnight #A2S4 Orsino calls the fool to sing a song for him. Then Orsino tells Mr. Viola how much he loves Olivia.

— TaKaKo(@takako_45) February 19, 2013

Act II, Scene 5 (#a2s5)

#twelfthnight #A2S5 Toby Fab Andr left le fake letter on le ground, Malvo saw it & think Oliva's in love w/ him & tells him 2 b mean to them

— Calvin Lee(@calvinrolex_lee) February 20, 2013

#twelfthnight #a2s5 they played a joke on #Malvolio, he thought he got a love letter from Olivia and tried to propose his love to #Olivia

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 19, 2013

Act III, Scene 1 (#a3s1)

#twelfthnight #A3S1Viola meets da clown at Olivia's place, den meets w/ Olivia again 2 send da <3 message from Duke.O woos V but V rejects

— Vivi Li (@1118Viv) February 21, 2013

Olivia declares her love to cesario.#Twelfthnight #a3s1

— Tiffany Yang (@ting_0616) February 19, 2013

Act III, Scene 2 (#a3s2)

#twelfthnight #A3S2Andrew knows Olivia<3Viola,Fabian n Toby convinces him 2 fight w/ Viola.Maria tells dem 2 see Malvolio actin like a fool

— Vivi Li (@1118Viv) February 21, 2013

#A3S2#Andrew tries to leave because he heard what #Olivia said to #Cesario. Then #SirToby persuade him to stay.they go to see #Malvolio .

— Sian Ho (@ho_sian) February 25, 2013

Act III, Scene 3 (#a3s3)

#twelfthnight#A3S3 Antonio is in danger, so he told Sebastian where to meet again and give his purse to him to buy stuff.

— Minnie Wu (@1161Wu) February 24, 2013

#Antonio caught up with #Sebastian and gave him the purse, bcuz it is dangerous if he is in Illyria. #twelfthnight #a3s3

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 20, 2013

Act III, Scene 4 (#a#s4)

Malvolio acts weirdly to Olivia & locked in a room. Andrew & Cesario are forced to sword-fight then stopped by Antonio. #twelfthnight #a3s4

— Christine Liao (@1113Liao) February 25, 2013

#twelfthnight #A3S4 Malvolio was acting like a weirdo. Andrew wanted to fight with Cesario. Antonio entered and mistaken C as Sebastian.

— Belle Chen (@belle1994228) February 23, 2013

Act IV, Scene 1 (#a4s1)

#twelfthnight #A4S1 Olivia saw Toby fighting with Cesario (actually Seb) and stopped them. She asked Seb to marry her and Seb was confused.

— Belle Chen (@belle1994228) February 23, 2013

#twelfthnight #A4S1 Oli send Fool to see Cesa, Fool saw Seba & thoght is Cesa, & Andre punch Seba Seba punch bac, Oli stop them & fall in <3

— Calvin Lee(@calvinrolex_lee) February 20, 2013

Pp think #Cesario is a jerk & turn the anger to #Sebastian made #Olivia mad. #Olivia propose to #Sebastian. #twelfthnight #a4s1

— Amy C ♥ -Yu- (@AmyChen0711) February 20, 2013

Act IV, Scene 2 (#a4s2)

#twelfthnight #A4S2Clown dresses up like pastor Topas n see Malvo who's jailed.Malvo asks clown2help him write a letter to Oliv n he agrees

— Vivi Li (@1118Viv) February 21, 2013

#twelfthnight #A4S2 Malvolio is locked in a dark room by the people who mocked him. He begs Feste to help him, but he is joke with him too.

— Minnie Wu (@1161Wu) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #a4s2 #Marvolio locked in a small dark chamber and Fool, Toby and Maria are fooling with him and he begged Fool to let him out

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 21, 2013

Act IV, Scene 3 (#a4s3)

#twelfthnight#A4S3Olivia tells how much she loves Sebastian, when she thought he is Cesario, and they get married

— Hsiang cheng Wang(@mbai0910) February 24, 2013

#twelfthnight #A4S3 Sebastian wonders if everything is real, n den Olivia begs him to marry her n he says yes

— Vivi Li (@1118Viv) February 21, 2013

#A4S3 #twelfthnight Olivia wants to marry Sebastian who she thinks is Cesario. He happily agrees, then they go off to get marry.

— Mandy Wang (@MandyWang14) February 23, 2013

Act V, Scene 1 (#a5s1)

#twelfthnight #a5s1 Sebastian meets her sister Viola and Orsino turns out to know Olivia married Sebastian so he returns to being with Viola

— Aleena Hsu (@here4aleena) February 25, 2013

Olivia told Orsino that she's married to Cesario but Viola disclaimed and Olivia was shocked n thought be betrayed #Twlefthnight #a5s1

— Joyce Chen (@joycecyay) February 27, 2013

Malvolio finally realized that the letter was not written by Olivia and he left madly and abruptly #Twelfthnight #a5s1

— Joyce Chen (@joycecyay) February 27, 2013

#twelfthnight #A5S1 Malvolio is released from his prison,realizes he was tricked by Maria+gang,swears revenge, all live happily ever after~

— Gabriel Chen (@gabrielofchen) February 25, 2013

"If you want him, you don't get him,"Orsino."I'll die, so you guys can be together," #Cesario."But we're married!"Olivia.#twelfthnight #A5S1

— Emily Lee (@emilywego) February 24, 2013

Duke went to Olivia's house & heard that she got married with Cesario. He was mad & Antonio came out to blame Cesario #twelfthnight #A5S1

— Grace Y (@GraceYCL) February 24, 2013

Tweet, tweet, tweet... If not yet, you soon will be.

A couple of classes have either begun using or will begin using Twitter as an educational tool. I've used Twitter for a long time myself (Follow me here, @EvilMrWebb), but I'm only now getting into the idea of students to use it to express themselves mid-class.

Been on Twitter for a long time (@webby37), but it's about time I have a "smart" account. TAKE THAT, LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM.
— Chris Webb (@EvilMrWebb) October 18, 2012

The easiest way to explain it is that tweeting is essentially a text message you send to the entire world. There are different ways to talk to different people or different groups of people, but, in a nutshell, it's a public text message conversation. You're not supposed to be able to say everything you want; part of the game is being forced to say what you want to in less characters (140 to be exact). As you tweet more, you'll find yourself thinking in 140-character blasts, and in no time, you'll be a master at this social network.

So, before I require it from you, get over to Twitter and sign up for an account to figure out what this is all about!