In the play Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare shows various of ways of sanity going on. In today’s society people are going sane, and insanity. A quantity of people believe that all humans are sane. Once in awhile people start to slip and multiple things start to happen. But are people naturally sane? Or is it just madness going on like a disease spreading around. Humans start to rise and become more sanity or insanity.
Shakespeare uses words such as “mad” and “madness” in Twelfth night in diversified ways. Throughout the play, although he doesn’t exactly give the audience the definition of what he means by madness. He starts to make it seem like madness meant a state of mind in which a character confuses reality as most of the readers see. Feste tells Olivia that Sir Toby’s drunkenness makes him a “madman” (1.5.114). While Malvolio ask the revelers, “My masters, are you mad?” (2.3.75). The answer to Malvolio’s question was yes. The revelers then are both mad from both Malvolio’s point of view. …show more content…
“Fetch him off, I pray you; he speaks nothing but madman.” (1.5.87) Olivia than thinks Sir Toby is very drunk, and she starts to suspect that he is drunk on an occasion. Then Olivia ask Feste, “What’s a drunken man lie, fool?” And Fest replies with “Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman: one draught above heat makes him a fool, the second mads him, and a third drowns him.” (1.5.107-110) He uses the word “above heat”, when Feste is intelligent throughout the play but starts to drink alcohol which explains why Sir Toby’ entry Olivia remarks about him. He is more beyond of being a
Shakespeare uses words such as “mad” and “madness” in Twelfth night in diversified ways. Throughout the play, although he doesn’t exactly give the audience the definition of what he means by madness. He starts to make it seem like madness meant a state of mind in which a character confuses reality as most of the readers see. Feste tells Olivia that Sir Toby’s drunkenness makes him a “madman” (1.5.114). While Malvolio ask the revelers, “My masters, are you mad?” (2.3.75). The answer to Malvolio’s question was yes. The revelers then are both mad from both Malvolio’s point of view. …show more content…
“Fetch him off, I pray you; he speaks nothing but madman.” (1.5.87) Olivia than thinks Sir Toby is very drunk, and she starts to suspect that he is drunk on an occasion. Then Olivia ask Feste, “What’s a drunken man lie, fool?” And Fest replies with “Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman: one draught above heat makes him a fool, the second mads him, and a third drowns him.” (1.5.107-110) He uses the word “above heat”, when Feste is intelligent throughout the play but starts to drink alcohol which explains why Sir Toby’ entry Olivia remarks about him. He is more beyond of being a