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of love in a negative way as a source of pain and suffering. This helps the readers distinguish between the ‘romantic love’ and the significant idea of love as a cause of suffering. Malvolio is judged by critics to be one of the most complex and fascinating characters in twelfth night. At first glance Malvolio is simple‚ proper servant who loves to spoil fun however he begins to unravel when Sir Toby and Maria plot his downfall through the forging of a letter from his
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because of the fact that Olivia actually falls in love with the woman carrying the message (1.5.205). This prime example of mistaken identity causes Olivia’s attempts at winning Cesario’s love seem feeble and ignorant‚ especially as she sends off Malvolio to deliver a ring to her new found love. With every time Viola declines Olivia’s love‚ Olivia’s affection only grows stronger and more determined toward Cesario‚ only stoking the already blazing fire of smoldering misunderstanding‚ causing the heavy
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Scene 1.1 In the beginning of this scene it starts off with Orsino who is Duke of Illyria‚ and he listening to music‚ he then talks about how the music gets him in the mood for love. Right after he is saying how music gets him in the mood‚ he tells the musicians to stop playing and to get lost. Curio who is a gentleman attending to Orsino asks him if he wants to go hunting for deer‚ but Orsino explains to Curio that the thought of killing a deer reminds him of the time he first met Olivia. Valentine
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within humanity. In the case of Malvolio‚ we are quick to act‚ but not to investigate. We also learn that love can fix many things‚ but it can also tear them apart‚ as we see with Olivia‚ Orsino‚ Sebastian and Viola. Also‚ as seen through the character of Antonio‚ bad things can be forgotten if a good enough deed replaces it. As many of us know‚ humanity is infamous for their willingness to judge and act against a person before they fully investigate the situation; Malvolio is just one example of this
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complication to the play. Some characters in this play turn to disguise in order to succeed in life‚ beginning with Viola in the exposition; who disguises herself as a eunuch and goes by the name of Cesario to be able to work for the Duke. Furthermore‚ Malvolio who is portrayed as crazy and finally the confusion between the twin characters of Viola and Sebastian which is resolved at the end. Others may argue that the comedy conventions in Twelfth Night don’t come from the theme of mistaken identity but
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Toby and Maria set up a ruse for Malvolio in the letter. However‚ it is Malvolio’s self-deception that allows the small prank to work. In the letter Maria (managing to deceive Malvolio into believing her handwriting is in fact Olivia’s) never outright named Malvolio as the man about whom she is writing. It is Malvolio’s own self pride and overinflated ego that allows him to convince himself that the
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Cesario). Shakespeare also used lust between Malvolio and Olivia. Malvolio thought that Olivia had fallen in love with him (as the reader knows this was a joke being played on Malvolio). This grew a larger ego bubble on Malvolio. He thought that she truly wanted his love‚ and thusly his ego led him to believe that he truly did love her due to the fact that he was so full of himself. Once again Malvolio finds out in the end that it was a joke. Malvolio?s conceitedness was broken and then he sees that
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deception for a variety of purposes. Viola’s use of deception involves her disguising herself as a man in order to obtain a job with the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino. On the other hand‚ Maria‚ Olivia’s servant‚ writes a letter to Malvolio in Olivia’s handwriting to make Malvolio act foolishly because of his love for Olivia. While some use deception as a means of survival‚ others use deception to trick others and make them act foolishly. The first example of deception in this play was when Viola decides
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How does Shakespeare present the theme of deception in the first two acts of Twelfth night? Shakespeare’s Twelfth night‚ focuses mainly on the theme of deception in both main plot and the sub-plot. Not only do the characters deceive each other‚ but many of them are also self-deceived and we‚ as the audience‚ begin to realise ourselves that we are sometimes deceived. This creates great opportunities for Shakespeare to create humour and dramatic irony‚ which a Shakespearian audience would understand
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