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      • Olivia's reference to her own "frenzy"—a word for both madness and sexual desire—and the parallel between Malvolio's letter and the love letters that have preceded it, reinforce the theme of how close love can be to madness. The confusion caused by the servants' deception, is about to be clarified, like that caused by Viola's costume has been.
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  2. As Olivia approaches, Orsino tells Antonio that he is mad, considering Cesario has been in Illyria for the past three months. The characters' use of indirect language like "ingrateful boy" draws attention to the fact that confusion about Viola/Cesario's and Sebastian's identities is reaching a climax.

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  3. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition. Act 1, scene 1. Explanation and Analysis—Lovesickness:

  4. 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.

  5. Olivia first instructs her attendants to send Feste away, but he teases her into better spirits by saying that she is the fool of the two of them—for mourning her brother, who is in heaven. This pleases Olivia. But Malvolio disapproves and calls Feste a "barren rascal" (1.5.76).

  6. A summary of Act I: Scene v in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Twelfth Night and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

  7. by William Shakespeare. Buy Study Guide. Twelfth Night Metaphors and Similes. Love and Illness. In perhaps the most famous metaphor of the play, Orsino's opening words are, "If music be the food of love, play on. / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die" (1.1).

  8. by William Shakespeare. Buy Study Guide. Twelfth Night Summary and Analysis of Act 5. Act V Summary: Scene 1: Fabian asks Feste for the letter Malvolio has written; Feste refuses this request, and then Orsino, with Viola, finds them.

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