Merriam-Webster defines love as “a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person” (“Love”). Yet, in Twelfth Night, this may not be the case. In this play, love is disposable, achieved only through greed. Shakespeare picks apart his own characters ' "affection" for each other. This shows us how none of their love is strong or constant. None of the relationships portrayed in Twelfth Night compare to the definition of love.
Throughout the play, Shakespeare conjures up about 10 different love connections among the characters. That is a whole lot of love. Or is it? It is easy to see that none of them contain true love. For starters, most of them are only based off of greed. The play critiques the divide between the powerful and the working class. Due to this, the two …show more content…
Sebastian is Cesario/Viola’s twin, separated from his sibling because of a shipwreck. However, both of them would end up finding each other, but not without some love shenanigans first. When Sebastian arrives to Illyria, Olivia is very pleased to see him, believing that he is Cesario, the one that she is in “love” with. She whisks Sebastian off to her house, not realizing anything. In a nutshell, Sebastian and Cesario find each other, everyone finds out about Cesario’s disguise, and Sebastian and Olivia live in blissful ignorance together for the rest of their lives. This series of events exhibits to the reader just how quickly Olivia can move from one “man” to another. Even though Sebastian and Cesario may have looked alike, they definitely did not act alike. Cesario’s personality was clever, hard-working, and independent. On the other hand, Sebastian’s characteristics were lazy, sluggish, and wishy-washy. This epitomizes how attracted to looks both of them were, and how that attraction can take over and make them forget about everything but the fact that they “loved” each
Throughout the play, Shakespeare conjures up about 10 different love connections among the characters. That is a whole lot of love. Or is it? It is easy to see that none of them contain true love. For starters, most of them are only based off of greed. The play critiques the divide between the powerful and the working class. Due to this, the two …show more content…
Sebastian is Cesario/Viola’s twin, separated from his sibling because of a shipwreck. However, both of them would end up finding each other, but not without some love shenanigans first. When Sebastian arrives to Illyria, Olivia is very pleased to see him, believing that he is Cesario, the one that she is in “love” with. She whisks Sebastian off to her house, not realizing anything. In a nutshell, Sebastian and Cesario find each other, everyone finds out about Cesario’s disguise, and Sebastian and Olivia live in blissful ignorance together for the rest of their lives. This series of events exhibits to the reader just how quickly Olivia can move from one “man” to another. Even though Sebastian and Cesario may have looked alike, they definitely did not act alike. Cesario’s personality was clever, hard-working, and independent. On the other hand, Sebastian’s characteristics were lazy, sluggish, and wishy-washy. This epitomizes how attracted to looks both of them were, and how that attraction can take over and make them forget about everything but the fact that they “loved” each