nor surviving family to her knowledge. Olivia‚ in contrast‚ is a noblewoman and countess of Illyria. She is afforded many luxuries including servants and an aristocratic status which makes her want for naught and places her in the position of constantly being center of attention for her many male admirers. Viola is able to make her way in the world through sheer determination and wit‚ in disguising herself as male to work as Orsino’s servant‚ while Olivia uses her titled position to acquire what
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point cant. When Viola/Cesario realizes that Olivia loves him/her the dream of Olivia is the appearance while the reality can not happen because of it. Malvolio thinks he his better than everyone else which generally makes him a character that is not likeable. The reality of Malvolio is that he serves Olivia and will never be above the servant class. He wants to replace the reality for the appearance of him being in a higher position than Olivia because his ego allows him to think he
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Maria is a servant for Olivia Toby‚ Andrew and Maria create majority of the comedy in the play Act 1‚ Scene 4 The technique of aside means that the actor speaks their thoughts (private) to the audience but the other characters cant hear them “ yet‚ a barful strife Who’er I woo‚ myself would be his wife” – fool the fool proves to Olivia that she is taking her brothers death too harshly and this cheers Olivia up‚ everybody likes the fool except malvolio who puts him down Olivia then tells malvolio
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unrequited love for Olivia. We were first made clear of this love in Act 1 Scene 2 when the captain explained that ’he did seek the love of fair Olivia’. As well as this‚ in Act 2 Scene 4 we hear from Orsino himself that his love for Olivia is ’more noble than the world’ portraying the idea that his love is true‚ and not just due to her status or wealth‚ however Olivia claims ’I think not of him’ due to the fact that she is in love with Cesario. Despite this love that Orsino has for Olivia‚ he quickly directs
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“Twelfth Night” provide laughter and 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
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Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night" shows‚ 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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duke is madly in love with a lady named Olivia he isn’t able to see that Viola loves him. Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night to express how easily we fall under love’s spell; however‚ in the end we are always left with pain.
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to suffer painfully from being in love‚ or‚ rather‚ from the pangs of unrequited love. At one point‚ Orsino depicts love dolefully as an “appetite” that he wants to satisfy and cannot‚ at another point; he calls his desires “fell and cruel hounds”. Olivia more bluntly describes love as a “plague” from which she suffers terribly. These metaphors contain an element of violence‚ further painting the love-struck as victims of some random force in the universe. Even the less melodramatic Viola sighs unhappily
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jerked upright‚ causing Olivia to laugh at my reaction. She set her stuff down‚ and got her bright‚ pink surfboard out. Olivia said‚ “Let’s go surfing‚ the waves look great.” I nodded my head in reply. We treaded through the waters and reached the middle where the waves were at a good height and pace. We started taking some waves and had fun. My parents were at shore‚ sleeping. I surfed for a while‚ and then got a bit weary. I yelled‚ “Olivia‚ let’s go back!” Olivia replied‚ “Okay‚ I’m coming
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characters portray in the play. When the foolish love triangle prevails that starts from Olivia‚ the foolishness brings a twisted comedy to the audience. It is easy to laugh at the foolish love and how love loses its meaning. Throughout the play the characters take love to the max‚ or have not truly felt or understand the meaning of love. The first misunderstanding shows Orsino is declaring his love for Olivia‚ and has never spoken a word and does not know who she is as a person. Orsino’s idea of
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