The game of love. The game of love is complicated in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The characters in this book see love as a thing that doesn't matter. Love means a strong liking for someone, but the characters in Twelfth Night seem to fall in love almost instantly. Viola, who is posing as a man servant to Duke Orsino, proclaims her love for the Duke practically out of nowhere. An example of how the people don’t give very much thought to love. In modern day people take love as a very powerful thing, that is to be take seriously and not played with. But the characters just see love as a game and they don't take it seriously.
Furthermore, the characters all have dangerous games surrounding love. Viola and Sebastian are twin siblings and were shipwrecked at sea. Viola had found the Sea Captain and he had helped her pretend to be a man. This was to get a job at Duke Orsino’s palace. Sebastian found Antonio and out of love for Sebastian, Antonio decided to help …show more content…
Orsino’s words were empty and cliche coming from Duke Orsino, but to Olivia, the words from Cesario felt sincere. Having someone be sincere was uncommon back then and Olivia quickly fell in love with Cesario. Most men were only looking for beautiful women with lots of money. The men didn’t seem to care if they actually loved the women they would marry, if it benifited them then it didnt matter. So when Olivia heard, “love can only be recompensed if you were crowned as the most beautiful woman in the world”, and the words felt sincere, she fell in love instantly. She loved Cesario so much that, when Sebastian showed up, “nay; come, I prithee; would thou’dst be ruled by me”, Olivia says before having her and Sebastian married. When she figured out she didn't marry Cesario, she was happy about it, hoping that it would be the same. One might think that it seems that the characters in this book do not know their way around
Furthermore, the characters all have dangerous games surrounding love. Viola and Sebastian are twin siblings and were shipwrecked at sea. Viola had found the Sea Captain and he had helped her pretend to be a man. This was to get a job at Duke Orsino’s palace. Sebastian found Antonio and out of love for Sebastian, Antonio decided to help …show more content…
Orsino’s words were empty and cliche coming from Duke Orsino, but to Olivia, the words from Cesario felt sincere. Having someone be sincere was uncommon back then and Olivia quickly fell in love with Cesario. Most men were only looking for beautiful women with lots of money. The men didn’t seem to care if they actually loved the women they would marry, if it benifited them then it didnt matter. So when Olivia heard, “love can only be recompensed if you were crowned as the most beautiful woman in the world”, and the words felt sincere, she fell in love instantly. She loved Cesario so much that, when Sebastian showed up, “nay; come, I prithee; would thou’dst be ruled by me”, Olivia says before having her and Sebastian married. When she figured out she didn't marry Cesario, she was happy about it, hoping that it would be the same. One might think that it seems that the characters in this book do not know their way around