Morality In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

In Twelfth Night, a play written by William Shakespeare, morals are a highlighted part of each character’s temperament, in the play, characters’ who have bad morals are treated poorly. An imperative part of a personality is one’s morals; morals isolate people from being obedient and disobedient. There are four humours that the characters are categorized into, they include: phlegmatic, melancholic, choleric, and sanguineous. Some of male characters who represent three of these humours are Sir Toby Belch, who is sanguineous, Duke Orsino, who is choleric, and Malvolio, who is melancholic. In contrast to Duke Orsino and Malvolio’s anxious demeanor, Sir Toby displays a more extemporaneous outlook on life.

Sir Toby Belch possesses countless sanguineous mannerisms that also affect the comedy relief of Twelfth Night. Sir Toby is impulsive, for instance, when Malvolio was irritating him, Sir Toby aided Maria in a plan, hoping to humble Malvolio. Sir Toby encouraged the impromptu plan without considering the consequences of his actions, the plan proceeded to get more chaotic, finally, Olivia discovered Maria, Sir Andrew, Fabian, Feste, and Sir Toby deceived Malvolio hoping to humiliate him. The reason why Maria came up with the plan that Sir Toby assisted …show more content…
These characters humours are crucial to the play’s ending; without the characters personalities the play could not have been the success it is today and still be read recreationally. In conclusion, Sir Toby Belch is sanguine, Duke Orsino is choleric, and Malvolio is melancholic. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare must have wanted to highlight that it is the inside that