Unrequited Love In Twelfth Night

Throughout time, love proves itself over and over how difficult it is to find. In teenagers especially, who think everything is figured out, and think love is easy, but again love proves them wrong, which hurts them in the process. In William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, Twelfth Night, Orsino demonstrates the theme of unrequited love may hurt, but there is someone who loves you even if you don’t see it. Even if someone is hurt, they may miss that someone else loves them. Love occurs often in Twelfth Night. Shakespeare uses Orsino to show the common occurrence of love. Orsino loves Olivia, but she blocks herself away from the world, which leaves Orsino who dwells on his love. As Orsino dwells, he cries out “Give me excess of it”(I.i.2),
The love triangle between Orsino, Cesario/ Viola, and Olivia demonstrates that even one the one that you love doesn’t share feelings, the person who does love you may be hidden. Although Orsino loves Olivia, Viola love Orsino, but because of Viola's disguise and his love for Olivia, he is blind to Viola’s love. Even when Viola goes as far to say that someone may “Hath for your love a great pang of heart/ as you have for Olivia. Viola is telling Orsino that someone could feel for him what he is feeling for Olivia, he just needs to look harder. While Orsino may have an unrequited love for Olivia, someone who would love him back is directly in front of him. She also hinted ather love for him more when she says that her sister “Never told her love”. Viola hopes that Orsino picks up on her love for him, but he is to blinded and hurt by his unrequited love for Olivia that he doesn’t notice. Many characters in Twelfth Night show a myriad of themes that Shakespeare uses. Orsino, however, demonstrates the theme of how someone will always love you even when you are hurt by unrequited love. But if someone is in love wit a person, they may miss seeing the person who is in love with