Feste, a licensed Fool of both clever and skill, was hired as a man who was merely more than just a Fool. William Shakespeare, in the Twelfth Night; or What You Will, chooses Feste as a stock character to emphasize the Romantic issues within the comedy and the spirit of Twelfth Night festivities they took place in Illyria. Moving between Orsion’s court and Olivia’s house, Feste/Fool helps to give the play its unity, connects and holds the component parts of the play together.
As a court jester in Illyria, Feste was inherited to Lady Olivia 's from her father who took much pleasure in him. Olivia was, a distinguished, wealthy, beautiful desirable Renaissance woman and Feste’s job was to entertain by singing, dancing and cracking jokes with …show more content…
He is moody and starting to feel love has no real reason. Therefore, he invited Feste to come to his Court to sing a verse from an old-fashioned love song that he had heard the night before. This song, in particular, seems to take his mind of his love trouble. After Feste was done singing, Orsion insisted Cesario/Viola to pay another visit to Olivia on his behalf to confess his love for her and to ensure Olivia understands his love is pure and not about her money and property. Feste’s character was used to highlight the romantic issues present between Orsion and Olivia. He always showed neutral feelings towards all the characters around him and because of this trait, he made himself approachable. He seems to understand everyone as he moves freely from all sources of people, which make him good at seeing through them. After Cesario/Viola sat out to Olivia’s house to plea for her love for Orsion, he/she started talking with Feste and soon realizes how smart of an individual he was. Cesario/Viola states: This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every …show more content…
Once all at Olivia’s house, several servants locked Malvolio into a small, dark chamber as part of their way of trying to prove to him; he was insane. It was at this time; Feste was asked to put on a robe of a clergyman and pretend to be a priest, Sir Topas and talk to the imprisoned Malvolio with pure enjoyment. Feste after sometime returns talking to Malvolio as both himself the Fool and Sir Topas. Malvolio swears he isn’t crazy and all he wants is the supplies to write a letter to Olivia about how he feels. Feste, advises him, he would act upon his request. While this is all ongoing with Malvolio the rests of the characters are engaging in fun actives similar to what would take place during the English holiday celebrated on the Eve of Jan 5, into Jan 6 so called “Twelfth Night of Christmas."
Over the course of the next few scenes, Sebastian and Viola see each other for the first time, and the love tangle between a number of the characters starts to unfold. Orsion learns Olivia has married Sebastian thinking he was Carsio; Viola expresses her love for Orsion; Sir Toby and Maria fall for each other, and Molvolio learns that he has been fooled and humiliated by the others as Olivia did not feel any love for him, and it was solely an inconsiderate trick played on him. Feste, on the other hand, seem to be a
As a court jester in Illyria, Feste was inherited to Lady Olivia 's from her father who took much pleasure in him. Olivia was, a distinguished, wealthy, beautiful desirable Renaissance woman and Feste’s job was to entertain by singing, dancing and cracking jokes with …show more content…
He is moody and starting to feel love has no real reason. Therefore, he invited Feste to come to his Court to sing a verse from an old-fashioned love song that he had heard the night before. This song, in particular, seems to take his mind of his love trouble. After Feste was done singing, Orsion insisted Cesario/Viola to pay another visit to Olivia on his behalf to confess his love for her and to ensure Olivia understands his love is pure and not about her money and property. Feste’s character was used to highlight the romantic issues present between Orsion and Olivia. He always showed neutral feelings towards all the characters around him and because of this trait, he made himself approachable. He seems to understand everyone as he moves freely from all sources of people, which make him good at seeing through them. After Cesario/Viola sat out to Olivia’s house to plea for her love for Orsion, he/she started talking with Feste and soon realizes how smart of an individual he was. Cesario/Viola states: This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every …show more content…
Once all at Olivia’s house, several servants locked Malvolio into a small, dark chamber as part of their way of trying to prove to him; he was insane. It was at this time; Feste was asked to put on a robe of a clergyman and pretend to be a priest, Sir Topas and talk to the imprisoned Malvolio with pure enjoyment. Feste after sometime returns talking to Malvolio as both himself the Fool and Sir Topas. Malvolio swears he isn’t crazy and all he wants is the supplies to write a letter to Olivia about how he feels. Feste, advises him, he would act upon his request. While this is all ongoing with Malvolio the rests of the characters are engaging in fun actives similar to what would take place during the English holiday celebrated on the Eve of Jan 5, into Jan 6 so called “Twelfth Night of Christmas."
Over the course of the next few scenes, Sebastian and Viola see each other for the first time, and the love tangle between a number of the characters starts to unfold. Orsion learns Olivia has married Sebastian thinking he was Carsio; Viola expresses her love for Orsion; Sir Toby and Maria fall for each other, and Molvolio learns that he has been fooled and humiliated by the others as Olivia did not feel any love for him, and it was solely an inconsiderate trick played on him. Feste, on the other hand, seem to be a