Twelfth Night Act 5

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Danielle Siboni
Theatre 325
10/21/7

Twelfth Night Backwards and Forwards Analysis

Act 5 Scene 1: Orsino discovers Viola is actually a girl and will marry her and Sebastian and Oliva end up getting married as well.

Act 4 Scene 3: Sebesation is trying to make sense of what has happened and Olivia ends up asking Sebastian to marry him and he agrees.

Act 4 Scene 2: Maria and Sir Toby have locked Malvolio up in a dark chamber to cure his madness.

Act 4 Scene 1:Feste runs to get Olivia, who stops the fight, then Olivia asks Sebastian to return with her to her house, he does.

Act 3 Scene 4: Sir Andrew and Cesario draw swords, but Antonio enters and thinks Cesario is ‘Seb” and tries to protect him, this made Viola (Cesario) hopeful.

Act 3 Scene 3:
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Act 2 Scene: 5: Malvolio finds and reads the letter and believes what it says.

Act 2 Scene: 4: Viola almost tells Orsino her love for him, but then he sends Viola to Olivia with a jewel to show his love.

Act 2 Scene: 3: Malvolio threatens Maria (Olivia’s lady-in-waiting) which causes Maria to plant. revenge love letter.

Act 2 Scene: 2: Malvolio catches up to Viola (Cesario) and tries to return the ring “that belonged to her,” this is when Viola realizes Olivia has been “charmed” by her “outside.”

Act 2 Scene: 1: Seb lands safely on the cost of Illyrria and believes that Viola is dead.

Act 1 Scene: 5: Olivia rejects Orsino’s love message , ends up falling in love with Viola (Cesario) and sends Malvolio after Viola to return a ring that "belong to" Viola.

Act 1 Scene 4: Viola (Cesario) has gained the trust of Orsino, who decides to send her to woo Olivia for him, but Viola confides to the audience that she loves Orsino

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