The depiction of love and lust in Twelfth Night illuminates how, through a number of different relationships, lust often displaces rational and love in the short term. Love is often said to be the strongest and perhaps most important emotion for humans, yet lust often has the force to consume a person’s decision-making process. Maybe it is because lust actually has the ability to induce humans into a number of insidious actions—coveting, lying, and stealing—all in pursuit of love itself. It seems as if it has the power to make one suspend all of his virtue in order to fulfill his appetite for love.
And lust is usually short term, as seen in this play. Orsino was lusting and coveting over Olivia. However, the speed with which he relinquishes
And lust is usually short term, as seen in this play. Orsino was lusting and coveting over Olivia. However, the speed with which he relinquishes