Catégories : Tous - love - identity - survival - disguise

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Viola (Cesario)

Viola mourns the loss of her brother and finds herself in a foreign land, unsure of his fate. She adopts the disguise of Cesario to navigate the dangers of being a lone woman and to gain employment under Duke Orsino, a position women cannot hold openly.

Viola (Cesario)

Viola (Cesario)

Name the character


Type in the name of the character whose change throughout the story you are going to analyze.

Example: Nick Carraway.

BEHAVIOR

Character's behavior

Think of the character's behavior at the beginning of the story and look for the way it changed throughout the story.

Because of Orsino's comforting manner to Viola, she starts to fall in love with him. However, she is now upset that she has to portray his love for Olivia to her because she wishes Viola would marry Orsino instead of Olivia.

The reason for the change in behavior

What caused the character to change the first behavior you mentioned? Type in the reason for the change.

Example: 'because no one else was interested ', and he felt Gatsby shouldn't be left alone in his last moments.

Viola: "I'll do my best to woo your lady. (aside) Yet a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myslf would be his wife." page 14

Change in behavior

How did the character change the first behavior you mentioned? Type in a quote to prove your statement.

Example: Nick assumes the whole responsibility for Gatsby's funeral arrangements, 'with that intense personal interest to which every one has some vague right at the end.'

Viola agrees to Orsino's wishes, however she is jealous of his love for Olivia.

Duke: "O, then unfold the passion of my love; Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith; it shall become thee well to act my woes." page 13

Initial behavior

How does the character act at the beginning of the story? Type in a relevant quote for your statement.

Example: Nick shows his immature side as he leaves to New York in order to avoid 'being rumored into marriage' with his girlfriend.

Orsino asks Cesario to be a messenger of his love to Olivia

FEELINGS

Character's feelings

Focus on the way the character's feelings are presented at the beginning and at the end of the story, while explaining why they have changed.

CAUSE
Because of Cesario's kind words to Olivia, she is starting to fall in love with him. This leaves Viola confused and also conflicted because Olivia was supposed to return Orsino's love, not Cesarios's.

The reason for the change of feelings


Why did the character change his feelings? Type in the answer.

Example: the East lost its appeal due to the shallowness, carelessness and corruption.

Viola becomes Cesario because it is dangerous for a single women to travel alone. She also needs to be disguised as a man to serve the Duke because women were not aloud to be of service to the Duke in this time period.

The reason for the change of feelings

What caused the character to change the first belief you mentioned? Type in the reason for the change.

Example: disgust towards the lack of morality in the Buchanan family.

AFTER
Viola: "I left no ring with her. What means this lady? Fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her." page 26

Change of feelings

How did the character change the belief you mentioned?

Type in a relevant quote for his change.

Example: 'Winter night and the real snow, our snow(...)We drew in deep breaths of it . . . unutterably aware of our identity with this country for one strange hour before we melted indistinguishably into it again. That's my middle-west.' - Nick on the purity and integrity of Midwest.

Viola is realizing that Olivia is falling in love with her.

Viola: "Conceal me as I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent. I'll serve this Duke. Thou shalt present me as a eunuch to him; it be worth my pains." page 7

Change of feelings

In what way did the character change the feeling you mentioned?

Type in a quote to support your statement.

Example: 'They are a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.' - Nick criticizing the Buchanans.

Viola is going to disguise herself as Cesario to serve Orsino.

BEFORE
Malvolio: "She returns this ring to you, sir. You might have saved me my pains, to have taken it away herself." page 26

Initial feelings

What was the character's initial belief? Type in a relevant quote.

Example: 'seems like the ragged edge of the universe' - Nick talking about Midwest, the place where he grew up.

Olivia gave Malvolio a ring to give Cesario because she is falling in love with him..

Viola: "My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he has not drowned. What think you, sailors?" Captain: "It is perchance that you yourself were saved." Viola: "O my poor brother, and so perchance may he be." Page 5

Initial feelings


How does the character feel about a certain subject at the beginning of the story? Type in a relevant quote to support your statement.

Example: 'Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.'

In this quote, Viola is grieving for the loss of her brother. She is also in distress because she is in a new country where she doesn't know anyone.

Twelfth Night or What You Will by William Shakespeare

Title


Type in the title and author of the literary work that introduces the character.

Example: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.