How does Shakespeare present the character Malvolio in Twelfth Night? William Shakespeare’s play‚ ‘Twelfth Night or What You Will‚’ is an Elizabethan style of play written in 1601. It is a romantic comedy and the main themes depicted throughout the play include love‚ disguise‚ deception and comedy. ‘Twelfth Night’ was the name given to the last day of the Christmas celebrations‚ in England during the Elizabethan era. This celebration marked the two weeks of festivities. In other words‚ the Elizabethan
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When Sir Toby is drunk he tends to be very loud and obnoxious. Malvolio gets mad because he is trying to sleep but Sir Toby and Sir Andrew Aguecheek are being really loud; Maria tries to settle them down so that they don’t make Malvolio really mad but instead Sir Toby gets Maria to drink and dance around with them. Malvolio says to Sir Toby “you must amend your drunkenness” (2‚ 5‚ 69). Meaning that he has to stop getting drunk‚ Malvolio also threatens to turn in Sir Toby to Olivia for acting foolish
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MalvolioIn the play‚ Twelfth Night‚ most of the characters seem to go through many changes‚ particularly to their personalities. However‚ the one character that does not go through any changes to their personality is Malvolio. He was a very strict‚ self-righteous servant of Olivia. It appears he changes almost completely into the opposite of himself‚ but these changes were engineered to garner what he thought would be more power for himself. At first glance it may look like there is a change in him
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although Feste is the only professional fool in the play‚ many others are also subject to foolery. He then goes on to discuss the importance of Feste as a figure of comedic truth in the play and his relationships with the other characters such as: Malvolio who is seen as his antagonist‚ Maria who is described as his companion and Sir Toby Belch like Feste has a tendency to encourage mischief. The writer’s intention in the piece was to evaluate the idea of there being more than one fool in Shakespeare’s
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of Malvolio by Sir Toby Belch‚ Maria‚ Feste‚ and Aguecheek‚ is justly famous as one of Shakespeare’s funniest experiments in New Comedy‚ that is‚ in a style of comedy which is basically quite different from the pastoral romantic style of the main plot. The basis for the sub-plot is one of the oldest and most popular subjects for New Comedy - the unmasking of the hypocrite‚ a satiric exposure of apparent virtue so as to humiliate the hypocrite and make him ridiculous. The duping of Malvolio is
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distinct opinions on love. Malvolio‚ Olivia and Viola are three main characters that have completely different perspectives on love but‚ have one thing in common: providing laughter to readers. Malvolio is a targeted character that provides amusement and causes readers to dislike him. He oozes self-love and that has become the root of his misery. After he pretentiously comments on Olivia associating herself with a fool‚ she retorts by saying‚ “O‚ you are sick of self-love‚ Malvolio‚ and taste with a distemper’d
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Twelfth Night‚ Act IV‚ Scene II 2. Feste‚ the Fool‚ disguises himself as Sir Topas‚ a priest‚ and visits Malvolio in his imprisonment‚ under direction of Maria and Sir Toby. Malvolio is relieved to hear the voice of the priest and believes the priest might release him from his prison. Malvolio makes the claim that he is not insane and is wrongly imprisoned in darkness. Feste tells Malvolio that he is in a well-lit room and that the darkness is simply ignorance. Sir Toby becomes afraid that if
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Despite the comical premise of Twelfth Night (TN) there is an underlying vein of cruelty and suffering that runs throughout the play. This is often a direct consequence of the humour conveyed through the narrative. Sir Toby Belch’s trick on Malvolio is an example where the letter orders him to wear yellow stockings ‘ever cross-gartered’. A question is raised as to whether Shakespeare intended the play to be solely received as a comedy or whether he intended the tone of cruelty to overpower
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The “dark side of life” that William Shakespeare exposes in his play‚ Twelfth Night‚ is the danger in the individual’s willingness to abandon the intrinsic self as a means to better realize a goal. The characters Viola‚ Feste‚ and Malvolio‚ in assuming new persona’s‚ engage in a metaphysical betrayal in which they deny the reality of their nature. Viola’s choice to serve Duke Orsino as a page in hopes of finding her brother is by no means unethical‚ and her efforts are ultimately successful‚ but
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