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Twelfth Night

The narrative explores themes of disguise and deception, weaving a complex web of mistaken identities and romantic entanglements. Central characters include Viola, who disguises herself as a man named Cesario, leading to a series of misunderstandings and complications.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

BY SIA AND FELIX

Love

Most of the characters get in situations that are a result of them being in love.

Olivia sends Cesario a ring because she fell in love with him.

Sir Andrew challenges Cesario because he saw Olivia flirting with him.

Orsino: "O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought she purg'd the air of pestilence; That instant was I turn'd into a hart." I, i 19-21
Viola: "After him I love, more than I love these eyes, more than my life, More, by all mores, than e'er I shall love wife." IV, i, 129-133
Ring

Olivia sends the ring over to Cesario to show him that she is in love with him.

The ring is used to represent love.

Love causes the characters to act different and get in awkward situations because they're in love.
Olivia
Orsino

Disguise & Deception

Effect
Sir Andrew and Cesario have a battle.

Antonio gets arrested, because he was seen when he was trying to stop the battle because he thought Cesario was Sebastian.

Malvolio does exactly what Maria's letter says making Olivia think he is mad.

Malvolio wore yellow stockings and cross-gartering and he had a smile on his face which was very unlike him.

Olivia marries Sebastian because she thinks he is Cesario.
Olivia falls in love with Viola, who was in her man disguise (Cesario)
Quotations
Viola: "Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. How easy is it for the proper false In women's waxen hearts to set their forms!" II, ii, 26-29
Orsino: "That say thou art a man : Diana's lip Is not more smooth and rubious; thy small pipe Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound; And all is semblative a women's part." I, iv, 31 - 34
Symbols
Maria's letter

Maria wrote the letter to trick Malvolio.

Context
Sir Toby deceives Sir Andrew into believing that Olivia is jealous of him.
Maria tricks Malvolio into believing that Olivia is in love with him.
Feste disguises as a priest to fool Malvolio into believing that he is mad.
Viola disguises as a man and causes a lot of complications
Characters
Feste
Maria
Sir Toby
Viola