Preforming in act 2 scene 5 in Twelfth Night, I was able to get a more in depth view of Sir Andrew’s character and therefore empathize with him more. I was able to narrow in on just Andrew’s lines and view the world from his perspective, as opposed to reading the book as a whole. Toby, Fabian, and Andrew, along with Maria, write a fake letter in the style of Olivia’s handwriting that falsely confesses Olivia’s love for Malvolio. They leave the letter for the thoughtless Malvolio to find and Toby, Fabian and Andrew hide behind a bush to watch his reaction. Before he finds the letter, Malvolio imagines scolding Toby about his drunkenness and admonishing him for wasting the treasure of his time “with a foolish knight.” Sir Andrew immediately recognizes
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The fake letter claims that Olivia would like it if Malvolio wore cross-gartered stockings. In this scene Malvolio approaches Olivia trying to show off his cross-gartered yellow stockings thinking that Olivia likes him and the way he has dressed up. This backfires and she thinks that he is sick and needs to get sleep, “Wilt thou go to bed Malvolio?” This line shows how truly confused Olivia is from the prank. Malvolio responds, “To bed? Ay, sweetheart, and I’ll come to thee.” Shocked, Olivia expresses her concern for Malvolio; “Heaven restore thee!” Malvolio does not understand why Olivia doesn't appear to like him. Olivia turns to Maria, “Good Maria have this fellow be looked to. Where’s my cousin Toby? Let some of my people have a special care of him.” This causes Malvolio to become even more surprised and offended. He has no idea that this is a prank and does not comprehend that Olivia does not really love him. The theme of love and confusion is very strong throughout the play Twelfth Night. We were able to get a much better sense of how maddening the play really is when we actually acted out the characters in the different scenes. I was able to see how the characters could be so oblivious to the prank when I was actually acting out their roles. The selfishness of some characters causes a chaotic scene for the rest, although it is a very comedic
The fake letter claims that Olivia would like it if Malvolio wore cross-gartered stockings. In this scene Malvolio approaches Olivia trying to show off his cross-gartered yellow stockings thinking that Olivia likes him and the way he has dressed up. This backfires and she thinks that he is sick and needs to get sleep, “Wilt thou go to bed Malvolio?” This line shows how truly confused Olivia is from the prank. Malvolio responds, “To bed? Ay, sweetheart, and I’ll come to thee.” Shocked, Olivia expresses her concern for Malvolio; “Heaven restore thee!” Malvolio does not understand why Olivia doesn't appear to like him. Olivia turns to Maria, “Good Maria have this fellow be looked to. Where’s my cousin Toby? Let some of my people have a special care of him.” This causes Malvolio to become even more surprised and offended. He has no idea that this is a prank and does not comprehend that Olivia does not really love him. The theme of love and confusion is very strong throughout the play Twelfth Night. We were able to get a much better sense of how maddening the play really is when we actually acted out the characters in the different scenes. I was able to see how the characters could be so oblivious to the prank when I was actually acting out their roles. The selfishness of some characters causes a chaotic scene for the rest, although it is a very comedic