Valentine bring the Duke? How does the Duke take this news? 5. Even though we haven’t met Olivia yet‚ what do we know about her? ACT I‚ SCENE ii 1. How is the setting of this scene different from the previous one? 2. What country has Viola arrived in? 3. What does Viola think has happened to her brother? How does the captain give her some hope about Sebastian? 4. What do Viola and Olivia seem to have in common? 5. What has Viola remembered from her father’s accounts of Orsino
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We see from Orsino’s later admirer‚ just how this particular character manages to deal with it. Her name is Viola. She becomes shipwrecked on the island of Illyria. Viola like Olivia is grieving for her brother’s lost existence‚ as her twin Sebastian‚ never washed up onto the sure‚ so viola thinks that he never survived. However little does she know‚ that he does and washes up a little later on in Act2 scene 1 with his fellow
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based on their own personalities. Orsino is depicted as a fickle character through his over-dramatic soliloquies that underscore his self-absorbed personality. His superficial character is also reflected in the ways he pursues Olivia. First of all‚ he claims to love Olivia for her immeasurable beauty without knowing
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A concern with the difference between appearance and reality runs all through Twelfth Night. Discuss this statement with particular consideration to Viola’s disguise and Malvolio’s delusion. In William Shakespeare’s comedic play Twelfth Night‚ there is much emphasis on confusion concerning distinctions between reality and appearance‚ most notably concerning the characters Viola and Malvolio‚ the former causing confusion through disguise and the latter through delusion. This theme is linked with
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a man to work for Orsino‚ the duke of the land. She does all this to meet Olivia‚ the woman Orsino is wooing. While wooing Olivia for Orsino‚ Olivia starts to fall in love with Cesario (Viola’s male name). Throughout the play Viola starts to fall in love with Orsino as they get closer and closer. This love triangle gets more and more complicated throughout the play until Sebastian‚ the other twin‚ appears and marries Olivia. Orsino thinks Cesario has betrayed him until everyone meets and Sebastian
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people only look out for themselves‚ even when you trust them with your very life. Earlier this year I had a best friend of about seven years‚ Olivia. She was my second half; I was never seen without her. On weekends I would simply live in her house with her parents. People started to assume we were related because of how much time we spent together. Olivia would even come to all of my schools preforming arts shows‚ just because I was in the crew. She was the greatest friend I ever had. As I read
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Olivia seems to be the emotional counterpart for the duke; he is a melancholy parallel for Olivia‚ and Olivia has sworn to abjure the world for seven years to mourn for her dead brother‚ an act of extreme sentimental melancholy. Olivia is also the opposite of Viola in many ways. While Olivia is attracted to her opposite (Viola in the guise of Cesario)‚ Viola will be attracted to her opposite‚ Duke Orsino. Other than the melodramatic pose that Olivia is assuming at the beginning of the play (we
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themselves‚ beginning with Viola‚ who disguises herself as a male in order to make everyone in Illyria believe that she is in fact a man. By deciding to dress Viola in male garments‚ Shakespeare creates endless sexual and gender confusion with the Olivia-Viola-Orsino love triangle. Other characters in disguise include Malvolio‚ who wears cross garters and yellow stockings in the hope of winning Olivia’s love. Feste is another example of disguise when he dresses as Sir Topas the priest when talking
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Several of the characters in Twelfth Night display egotism throughout the play. Three characters that demonstrate self-absorption are Malvolio‚ Olivia‚ and Duke Orsino. In the play‚ when Malvolio finds the letter in the garden‚ he quickly jumps to the conclusion that the letter is for him because of what is says inside. Malvolio said "if this fall into thy hand‚ revolve. In my stars I am above thee‚ but be not afraid of greatness (Shakespeare‚ 84)." In other words‚ the letter stated many good characteristics
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"Cesario"‚ she is sent on a quest to persuade Orsino ’s love interest‚ Olivia‚ to be his wife. Though not an easy task‚ Viola is granted access to Olivia‚ who is mourning her recently deceased brother. While "Cesario" is attempting to woo her for his/her master‚ Olivia is drawn out of her sadness and mistakenly falls in love with "him." In Act 2‚ Scene 2‚ Lines 12-36‚ Viola realizes what just happened in her exchange with Olivia and how she has fallen in love with "Cesario." Although very
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