especially through Olivia and Malvolio‚ how different people react to being in love and how their behavior and relationships change. Olivia‚ the beautiful and elegant countess‚ changes from a cunning and smart women to one who is obsessed with her crush‚ and her behavior and relations to others dramatically change. After meeting and falling for Cesario‚ who is actually a girl named Viola disguised as a boy‚ Olivia makes her servant go after him with a ring‚
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holiday‚ Malvolio‚ a smaller character‚ plays a large part in strengthening the theme found throughout the story of how love can reveal a persons true personality as well. At the beginning of the play‚ when we are first introduced to Malvolio‚ we see that Malvolio is not an average servant. “My masters‚ are you mad? or what are you? Have ye no wit‚ manners‚ nor honesty‚ but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night? …Is there no respect of place‚ persons‚ nor time in you?” 788-794 Malvolio boasts
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Katrina Chen Professor Sun Shakespeare Paper One 2 May 2013 Malvolio‚ the Party Pooper in Twelfth Night In Shakespeare’s comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ we can see the romance among several couples. For instance‚ Viola with Orsino‚ Olivia with Sebastian and Maria with Sir Toby Belch‚ they are all ended up with a joyful relationship with each other. It is a convention that endings of the comedies are always combined with happy elements. Even if not falling in love with anyone else‚ the clown
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of the Malvolio ‘prank‚’ before finally combining them in the chaotic conclusion that is Act V. Despite this‚ the two plots are generally separate‚ the main plot consisting of the love triangle that is Olivia‚ Orsino‚ and Viola; the sub-plot being the revelry and adventures of Sir Toby‚ Sir Andrew and Maria. To make the double plot system work‚ Shakespeare employs the use of two characters that flit between the two storylines‚ linking them and furthering the plots. One of these in Malvolio‚ the other
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does the dramatic device of the fool contribute to the comedy in Twelfth Night? Feste is Shakespeare’s comedic tool in Twelfth Night. He uses puns and a mix of prose and iambic pentameter to titillate the audience. However‚ in a different manner‚ Malvolio is also presented as a fool‚ but in the sense that he is at the end of the jests of others‚ which amuses us due to how Shakespeare has made the audience dislike him. Typically‚ in Shakespeare’s comedies such as As you like it‚ the fool is presented
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Sir toby‚ Sir Andrew‚ and Fabian‚ one of Maria’s servants plan to play a joke on Malvolio. Maria has written a fake letter to trick Malvolio into thinking that Olivia is in love with him. Maria leaves the letter in the garden and the three men and Maria hide. When Malvolio enters the garden he spots the letter and reads it. Maria had sealed the letter with Olivia’s sealing ring to make it look more authentic. Malvolio mistakes Maria’s handwriting for Olivia’s and believes the letter is real. Mavolio
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if not found‚ often leads to bitterness. No man can escape the thorny tendrils of love. Malvolio seems very unsentimental at the beginning of Twelfth Night‚ described by Maria as “a kind of puritan” (II. iii. 139). Often detesting the foolery of other characters‚ such a Sir Toby and Sir Andrew‚ Malvolio lives up to Maria’s description of his no nonsense attitude. Personality wise‚ Shakespeare sets Malvolio up to be the least likely to dive into such childish things as love. This supports the idea
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of Love in Twelfth Night William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a well-known romantic comedy in which many characters fall in love due to their own personal reasons. Viola shows that true love should be caused by genuine reasons‚ but Orsino and Malvolio demonstrate that people can pursue others for their own selfish purposes. However‚ these three characters all reveal that the reasons that make them fall in love are based on their own personalities. Orsino is depicted as a fickle character through
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comedic. Malvolio is convinced Olivia is in love with him because of Maria’s letter. Sir Andrew is completely oblivious to the fact that Sir Toby Belch is befriending him to use him for his wealth. As Viola decides to disguise herself as a young man to keep safe‚ the potential for mistaken identity arises between her and her twin brother Sebastian. Meaning to embarrass and fool Malvolio‚ Maria‚ with the help of Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew‚ writes a mysterious love letter to Malvolio. “I will
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a play completely focused on the notions of performance‚ disguise‚ and deception. The characters are all acting in roles to meet their own goals‚ performing for the on-stage audience and deceiving everyone but the live audience off the stage. The use of dramatic irony is prevalent in order to engage and involve the audience‚ making them part of the play. Dramatic irony is a literary device wherein the audience is aware of pivotal information that the characters in
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