Hi Rachel,

I thought your point about this word was really interesting, especially considering the role that the physical elements (the weather/natural forces) play in Twelfth Night; a storm is the catalyst for the plot, when Viola and Sebastian are stranded, while Feste concludes the play with a song about “the wind and the rain.” Fittingly with the consciously-theatrical nature of this play, Feste references how “A great while ago the world begun, / With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,” — reminding the audience that the world of Twelfth Night began with a storm. I’m curious about the connection between performance/disguising your “element” and the natural elements, or if there is even one?