2. In the Shakespeare play ‘Twelfth Night’, the
story focuses on a female twin (Viola) who
survived a shipwreck and disguises herself
as a man (called Cesario) so she could work.
She believed her father and twin brother
died in the wreck. Disguised as a man, a
female character (Olivia) falls in love with
her. Later on in the play, the twin brother of
Viola (Sebastian) arrives at the scene where
Olivia (thinking it’s Cesario) proposes to
him.
Viola is than discovered when she and
her brother are seen in the same
room, where she then had to confess
that he is her twin brother and she is a
girl.

3. There are many versions of this
play, with different style clothing.
But the link between all these
versions, is that the twins had to
dress pretty much the same. Maybe
to make them seem more like twins.
Actors probably
aren’t related
Viola in the play could
of been influenced by
her twin brother in how
she dressed.
She wanted to disguise
herself as a boy, so she had
to hide her personality by
playing a role.

4. This movie was influenced by
Shakespeare’s play, but holds a more
modern twist: A girl (again called
Viola) decided to take her brothers
place at a school, just so she can join
the boys soccer team.

5. As a girl, she portrays herself as
being both a tomboy and
someone who is very girly: sports
gear and cap Vs strap top and
mini skirt. Both of these styles are
classed as being ‘cool’.
When she’s however, she no
longer has this cool style; she
dresses rather nerdy and well
covered.
Her being completely covered
may be because of her
disguising herself. She doesn’t
want to hint that she is a girl.
Also the personality shown
through the clothing contrasts
against her female self.

6. Again probably influenced by Twelfth
Night, this Korean drama is about a
girl (Go Mi Nyu) who has to disguise
herself as her twin brother (Go Mi
Nam) to join a boy band for him, as he
is in hospital because of surgery. She
does this as it is her brothers dream to
find their mother.

7. Mi Nyu was planning on becoming a
nun before she was asked to pretend
to be her brother. This suggests that
her character follows the stereotype
for nuns of being kind and helpful.
She is transformed from being an
innocent nun in white and blue to a
typical Korean pop star, wearing
punk style clothing.
Dressed as a boy, she
wears layers of tattered
clothing (ripped jeans),
studded belts and
chains. It’s the complete
opposite to the neatly
dressed nun.