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Jun 22, 2023 · Scene 5 opens with a witty conversation between Maria and the clown Feste. Maria lightly scolds Feste for being absent from Olivia’s service for too long, and the two enjoy a series of jokes and ...
Duke Orsino is the Duke of Illyria. He is mercurial and passionate, and he is more in love with the idea of being in love than he is with any person. He passionately pursues Lady Olivia for the ...
The protagonist of Twelfth Night. An aristocratic woman, she is tossed up on the coast of Illyria by a shipwreck at the beginning of the play and disguises herself as the pageboy, Cesario, to make her way. Throughout the play, Viola exhibits strength of character, quick wit, and resourcefulness. Although her disguise puts her in an impossible ...
Scene 1. The play’s final scene opens as Fabian begs Feste to let him see Malvolio’s letter to Olivia. Feste refuses, and the Duke, Viola, Curio, and other lords enter. The Duke and Feste ...
Olivia. The Duke and ruler of Illyria. At the beginning of the play Orsino is obsessed by his unrequited love for Olivia . However, in the final scene, when Orsino discovers that Cesario is in fact the woman, Viola —and that Olivia has already married Viola's twin brother, Sebastian —he quickly proposes to Viola.
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.
Deciding to dress herself as a boy to serve Duke Orsino, she soon falls in love with him--and trips into quite a love triangle when the countess Olivia, whom Orisno loves, falls in love with the disguised Viola. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare introduces a cast of uproarious characters (including Malvolio, Toby Belch, and Andrew Aguecheek), and ...
