Masks In Shakespeare's Play 'Twelfth Night'

In Shakespeare's play he uses two types of masks in his plays, literal masks and figurative masks. The play Twelfth Night, is about a girl named Viola who thinks her brother is dead, so she dresses like him and calls herself Cesario to mourn for him. Eventually a girl name Olivia falls in love with Cesario, but is really falling in love with Viola. Then later in the play Sebastian comes back alive, Viola and Sebastian are both happy that they knew each other was alive. But Sebastian is confused why Viola would be dressed up as him.In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare indicates the many different uses for masks in the play, both literal and figurative.

In the play, Shakespeare indicates literal masks.Viola crossdressed as her mask in the play.“One