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mentioned some stupid knight you brought in one night as a possible husband for her. SIR TOBY BELCH Who, Sir Andrew Aguecheek? MARIA Yes, that’s the one. SIR TOBY BELCH He’s as tall as a man in Illyria. MARIA What does his height have to do with anything? SIR TOBY BELCH Why, he has an income of three thousand ducats a year. MARIA
Sebastian. A beautiful noblewoman in Illyria. At the beginning of the play, she has rejected both Orsino and her ridiculous suitor, Sir Andrew Aguecheek. In mourning for her recently deceased brother, she has vowed not to receive any man, or to go outside, for seven years.
Madame Schachter. After being separated from her husband and two of her sons during the deportation from Sighet, Madame Schachter loses her mind during the train ride to Auschwitz. She claims to see furnaces and fires burning and screams out in the night.
Viola's twin brother, whom she believes is lost at sea, and who likewise thinks she's dead. Sebastian is noble and capable of strong, deeply felt emotion, just like his sister. The constant powerful love he shows while grieving and when reunited with Viola contrasts Orsino's and Olivia's relatively frivolous emotions.
Act 1, scene 2. Themes and Colors Key. Summary. Analysis. Duke Orsino lounges in his palace in Illyria, alternately praising and lamenting the nature of love. First, he asks his attendants to serenade him with music. Then, he makes them stop. Love, he says, like the ocean, consumes whatever is cast into it.
Shakespeare‘s Twelfth Night or What You Will- Introduction and Analysis Dr. Preeti Oza St. Andrew‘s College University of Mumbai Introduction: Twelfth Night or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare which was originated as an entertainment for the close of the Christmas season in 1601.
