Twelfth Night starts out with Olivia who is mourning for the death of her brother. Orsino who is the Duke of IIIyria is madly in love with Olivia. Olivia has taken a vow not to stop mourning for her brother for seven years. Meanwhile coming to Illyria is Viola who is also mourning for her brother who drowned saving her. When she arrives in town she disguises herself as Cesario to become the servant of Orsino because she cannot be one for Olivia. Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew decide to play a little trick on Malvolio who wants to move up in the world by marrying Olivia by writing a letter from “Olivia”. Antonio and Sebastian are coming to Illyria and Sebastian gets mistaken as Cesario and Antonio gets arrested and mistakes Cesario as Sebastian. I am going talk about the theme of love. Love shows itself in four different ways which are love triangle, unrequired, familiar love, and self-love. Love can also be a curse.
First, love shows itself as a love triangle. First love triangle is between Olivia, Orsino and Cesario. Orsino fell in love with Olivia very fast. Olivia does not want anything to do with him. When Cesario enters into …show more content…
This describes Malvolio perfectly. Its his self-love that gets him in the mess he’s in. Malvolio who is a puritan and very efficient. Which makes him the most unlikable person in the whole play. Malvolio is trying to get Olivia to marry him so he can raise his social status. So Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew hatch a cruel trick on Malvolio by writing a letter that is supposed to be from Olivia, but actually it 's from Maria. The letter said “...Come to her in yellow stocking and cross-gartered... and smile”(Gwynn, 122). Malvolio does this and Olivia sends him away to get taken cared of, but Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew put him in the dungeon instead and dresses up Festa as a priest. Basically, his chances of ever being with Olivia are shot. He made a big fool out of himself which ruin the
First, love shows itself as a love triangle. First love triangle is between Olivia, Orsino and Cesario. Orsino fell in love with Olivia very fast. Olivia does not want anything to do with him. When Cesario enters into …show more content…
This describes Malvolio perfectly. Its his self-love that gets him in the mess he’s in. Malvolio who is a puritan and very efficient. Which makes him the most unlikable person in the whole play. Malvolio is trying to get Olivia to marry him so he can raise his social status. So Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew hatch a cruel trick on Malvolio by writing a letter that is supposed to be from Olivia, but actually it 's from Maria. The letter said “...Come to her in yellow stocking and cross-gartered... and smile”(Gwynn, 122). Malvolio does this and Olivia sends him away to get taken cared of, but Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew put him in the dungeon instead and dresses up Festa as a priest. Basically, his chances of ever being with Olivia are shot. He made a big fool out of himself which ruin the