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Chae, Yoo-Soon. “Gender Identity and Social Mobility through Disguise in Twelfth Night” Studies in English Language & Literature. 37.1 (2011): 175-201. This paper aims to examine the gender identity and the social mobility through disguise. After being focused on the queer studies in the academy, the criticism on Twelfth Night has been treated in many different ways such as gender problems(i.e, homoerotic love, heterosexual marriages, and bisexuality), and the social mobility to compare with the traditional criticism, which focused on the triangular relationship of Orsino, Viola, and Olivia, and the happy ending of the protagonists’ love affairs. Viola’s cross-dressing provokes Olivia’s homoerotic love, and her girlish face and voice brought Orsino Homoerotic love. Viola’s disguise and Malvolio’s transformation create confusion and pleasure. Malvolio’s false desire and ambition to marry up and dominate over his household are mocked by Sir Toby’s gang. The proclamation of the joint wedding ceremony between Orsino and Viola, and between Olivia and Sebastian will be indefenitly delayed, until the captain provides Viola’s maid’s garments. Everybody expects a happy marriage but Malvorio isolates himself from the joyful and comic festival because of his proclaiming revenge against all of his victimizers. (Hanseo University)