Fool In The Twelfth Night

Act 3 begins with an interesting conversation between Viola (Cesario) and Fool (Feste). In The Twelfth Night, Feste is portrayed as a clown who is skilled at wordplay. In the conversation, however, Viola figured out that Feste is not just a folly clown and his behavior is based on the deep wisdom. Viola says of him “This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time; And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice As full of labour as a wise man's art: For folly, that he wisely shows, is fit; But wise men, folly-fallen, quite taint their wit.” (Act 3. 1. 61-69) In this scene, Viola recognized Feste's definite skill to play a fool as his occupation, and her impression of Feste is guessed a clown's true character correctly. However, even Feste cannot
Clearly, Olivia is blinded by love in this scene. However, the answer was not what she wanted, then Olivia noticed Cesario does not have romantic feelings for Olivia. At last, though Olivia said, “Yet come again, for thou perhaps mayst move That heart, which now abhors, to like his love.” (Act3. 1. 171-2), she was heartbroken. The Olivia's situation of Scene 1 in Act 4 is also very funny. Olivia mistakes Sebastian for Cesario, and she again confesses to Sebastian in thinking that he is Cesario. Sebastian cannot figure out what is going on at that time because he does not know that his sister is alive and disguising herself as a man. However, Sebastian falls in love and decides to marry her at first sight because of Olivia’s beauty. I think this scene that Olivia and Sebastian fall in love with only physical appearance is a lesson about blind love that Shakespeare portrays in this play through