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      • 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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  3. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › twelfthnightTwelfth Night: Full Play Analysis | SparkNotes

    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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      Full title Twelfth Night, or What You Will . Author William...

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      But when Orsino sends Cesario to deliver Orsino’s love...

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  4. schoolworkhelper.net › shakespeares-twelfth-nightShakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”: Theme of Love | SchoolWorkHelper

    In the play “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare explores and illustrates the emotion of love with precise detail. According to “Webster’s New World Dictionary,” love is defined as “a strong affection or liking for someone.”. Throughout the play, Shakespeare examines three different types of love: true love, self-love and friendship.

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  6. interestingliterature.com › 2019 › 10A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

    Oct 8, 2019 · This is why Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most continually popular comedies. It invites us to ask such questions about the nature of love and deception: questions which resist easy answers or analysis. Nevertheless, let’s try to analyse some of Twelfth Night ’s most salient themes and features.

  7. www.litcharts.com › lit › twelfth-nightTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare Plot Summary | LitCharts

    Now aware that Cesario is in fact the woman, Viola, Orsino declares that he is in love with her and asks her to marry him. It is reported that Sir Toby and Maria have also married privately. Finally, Olivia remembers Malvolio and summons him out of the dark room. Furious, he accosts her.

  8. www.shakespeare.org.uk › twelfth-nightSummary of Twelfth Night | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

    Twelfth Night Summary. Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead. Sebastian arrives, causing a flood of mistaken identity, and marries Olivia.