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Themes in Twelfth Night

In "Twelfth Night," various characters display different aspects of ambition, leading to humorous and sometimes poignant situations. Maria's ambition to fool Malvolio results in comedic chaos, while Duke Orsino'

Themes in Twelfth Night

Themes in Twelfth Night

Madness and Obsession

As well as Duke Orsino is obsessed with Olivia
Olivia is obsessed with Cesario
Malvolio becomes mad when he finds out that Maria played a trick on him

Disguise and the uncertainty of love

Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario even though she doesn't know she is a woman behind the disguise.
Maria fools Malvolio to dress a specific way, thinking that Olivia will fall in love with him
Viola disguised as Cesario so he can work for Duke Orsino

The Fickle Nature of Love

When Malvolio was in love with Olivia, and Maria tricked him into thinking Oliva wrote the letteres to him, shows that she thinks they wouldn't be a good it.
Orsino keeps on asking Cesario to go confess his own love for Olivia, even though she is not truly in love with him.
Viola knows that Olivia cannot lover her because she is not her true self.

Melancholy

Orsino also has feelings for Olivia
Olivia was obsessed about her love for her brother so she said she wouldn't date anyone for 7 years
Olivia was very obsessed over her love for Cesario

The Folly of Ambition

Maria was very ambitious on fooling Malvolio with the letter thinking that it was from Olivia
Duke Orsino is very ambitious on making Cesario tell Olivia how much he loves her
Feste( The fool) is always ambitious to make people in his presence happy

Love as a Source of Joy and Pain

Sebastian,Viola's twin brother, loved her very much but found out she had "died" in the shipwreck
Orsino is in love with Olivia, but dosen't know that she is in love with Viola
Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario, he denies his love for her