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   How does Twelfth Night start?

   • Twelfth Night begins at the court of Count Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, where he expresses his love for the Lady Olivia. A messenger, Valentine, enters and tells Orsino that Olivia is mourning the death of her brother and plans to stay hidden from view for the next seven years, but Orsino vows to win her love regardless.

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   What happens in Act 1 of Twelfth Night?

   • Similarly, Orsino’s mournful speech in Act I, scene i lets us know that the play will also concern matters of love: emotion, desire, and rejection. Put together, the two scenes suggest the extra twist that is the hallmark of Twelfth Night: mistaken gender identity. Read more about mistaken identity as a motif.

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   What is Twelfth Night about?

   • Twelfth Night is a play about desire’s power to override conventions of class, religion, and even gender. Several characters begin the play believing they want one thing, only to have love teach them they actually want something else. Orsino thinks he wants Olivia, until he falls in love with Viola (dressed as Cesario.)

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   What is the plot of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare?

   • When she tells him he should not take things so seriously, he threatens that he will have revenge against them all and storms off. The happy couples await their marriage ceremony. Get all the key plot points of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.

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   A summary of Act I: Scenes i & ii 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.

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   Act I Summary: Scene 1: Count Orsino of Illyria is introduced; he laments that he is lovesick, and wishes that "if music be the food of love," he could kill his unrequited love through an overdose of music.

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   Act I Orsino, Duke of lllyria, is despairing that he is spurned by the Countess Olivia. She has forsworn men's company for seven years while she mourns the death of her brother and rebuffs all his advances.

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   Act I Summary. Twelfth Night begins at the court of Count Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, where he expresses his love for the Lady Olivia. A messenger, Valentine, enters and tells Orsino that Olivia is mourning the death of her brother and plans to stay hidden from view for the next seven years, but Orsino vows to win her love regardless. The ...