Unrequited Love
1. love that’s not returned, one sided love. Love that is unrequited can
cause heartache and pain. Orsino is obsessed with Olivia as upon first
encounter she was breathtakingly beautiful that the air felt cleaner to
him. He sends many pursuers to try to woo Olivia on his behalf but
she always rejects his pursuits. This causes him to feel very
melancholic made evident with the line “ That instant was I turned into
a hart, And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds” he compares
himself to a deer being hunted by hounds to describe how painful and
stressful he finds it to love a woman who does not seem to reciprocate
his feelings
2. Olivia has fallen for Cesario due to his charm and charisma. Olivia is
looking forward to seeing Viola again but Cessrio is actually a woman
and has fallen for Orsino. “I would you were” she wishes Cesario
would be her lover instead of Orsino, this shows how deeply she has
fallen for Cesario who does not love her back. Olivia’s unrequited love
for Cesario causes her to act irrationally and impulsively as she does
not care about her honor and reputation when she openly declares her
love. She rejects Orsino’s messages and gifts, but she eagerly
pursues Cesario, even though he/she repeatedly tells her that he/she
cannot love her. This rejection leads her to become obsessive and
delusional as she does not want to accept that he has rejected her.
Appearance Vs Reality
1. My father had a daughter loved a man. It appears that Cesario is
taking about his siter but in reality he is taking abou himself as
viola. Viola hints to Orsino about her true feelings for him.
Orsino assumes she is talking about a sister, but the audience
knows she refers to herself
Orsino’s Response: Orsino disagrees, claiming that no woman
could love as intensely as he does.
2. Fest dressing up as Sir topas when he interacts with Malvolio.
He uses tactics of confusion, telling outright lies to make
Malvolio doubt his own senses and sanity
3. “Come with me to my house” Olivia thinks it is
cesario so she is acting uncharistically nice to him
this seems strange to Sabastian eventhough he has
never met her.
Familial Love
1. Oliva has taken a vow to hide her face until the next 7 years due to the
mourning of her brother. She says she will mourn for seven years and
will refuse to fall in love during that time. The fact that she is taking
such drastic measures just to mourn for her family shows how she
deeply cares for her family
2. Viola’s relationship her brother, Sebastian. Upon being stranded on a
strage island her first taught is of her brother. “O, my poor
brother!” she is worried about her brother, fearing that he
died and went to heaven but she hopes he did not drown.
She dsguises herself as Cesario, a counterpart of
Sabastian inorder to keep his memory alive.
Master servant relationship
1. Maria is Olivia’s lady in waiting which means she is close
to Olivia, she is aware of Olivia’s likes and dislikes “Your
cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours”..
Maria is loyal to Olivia, she takes into account that Olivia
is in mouning so she does Not allow sir andrew to see
olivia. . I can write very like my lady, this shows how
close she is to olivia. She knows Olivia’s handwriting well
enough to forge it
2. within a short three days' time, she has already become Orsino’s
favourite servant made evident with the line “He hath known you but
three days, and already you are no stranger”, said by Valentine. She
has already gained Orsino’s trust who entrusted her with the task of
wooing Olivia on his behalf. Orsino claims that he has
opened his soul to Cesario like a book to thee the
book even of my secret soul.” In doing so, Orsino
forms a close relationship with Cesario,
3. Mavolio is the steward of Olivia. Malvolio secretly
hopes that Olivia loves him, but only because he believes that
marrying her would grant him greater power over Sir Toby and
the other members of the household. Olivia does not vie him as
such
Deception
1. His humourless and social-climbing attitude to life make him an easy
target for everyone, he becomes the victim of a cruel joke by maria,
tobi and andrew.Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew have made a ruse to
make Malvolio seem to have gone insane for their own amusement
only. They play a cruel trick on him, writing a letter to find out what
Olivia seems to have written to him, this offers hope to his ambitions.
The letter is another form of deception., Malvolio is duped into
believing in Olivia’s love for him and his odd behavior, as directed in
the letter, to show that he gives back her love. He abandons all such
proper conduct and behaves like an utter fool.Malvolio dresses in high
yellow stockings and cross garmented, which Olivia loathes.The letter
also instructs Malvolio to smile, something no-one has ever seen him
do. So when he appears with a rigid smile, wearing the yellow
stockings with cross garters, she thinks he has gone mad, particularly
as he addresses her in sexually suggestive language. As a result she
has him locked up in a cell.
2. Even Feste disguises himself as the priest Sir Topas when he
participates in the prank on Malvolio. As Sir Topas, Feste tries to
convince Malvolio that he is indeed mad or even possessed and that
he is not in a dark house but in a bright room filled with windows...
Response
Refuses the claims .
3. “Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness” disguises herself as a
young man named Cesario after being shipwrecked on the coast of
Illyria. Although Viola initially thought being disguised as a man would
make her life easier and help keep her safe, she realises that the
disguise also creates problems for her as she causes a love triangle
with Olivia and Orsino. Viola's disguise complicates her love life: she
yearns for Orsino, but as Cesario she must pretend not to feel as she
does as in those times it is seen as taboo for a man to love another
man. Instead, she is told to woo Olivia in Orsino's stead and gains
Olivia's romantic affection for her pains. She becomes trapped in her
disguise and destroys her hopes for romantic union with Orsino.
4. She engineers a plot against Malvolio, exploiting his egotism while punishing
Him. driven by her hatred and animosity
towards Malvolio, which led to his downfall. The scheme engineered by Maria reveals
Malvolio’s intentions for falling in love with Olivia, as she wrote a letter addressed to Malvolio
that tricked him into believing that Olivia had written a love letter expressing her feelings
Towards him. Maria’s affectionate letter fills Malvolio with hope of a better life, “I will wash
off gross acquaintance Maria \demonstrates her power to persuade and control Malvolio's
Emotions with the intention to make Malvolio suffer.
Loyalty
1. Antonio id loyal to Sabastian. That danger will seem sport, and I will go, this shows
the xtent loyal he is to Sabastian.
Despite the risks involved (since Antonio is considered an enemy of the Duke),
he decides to follow Sebastian to Illyria, not wanting him to wander alone in a
potentially hostile countryHis loyalty to Sebastian is unwavering, even when it
puts him at risk.
2. Have done offence, I take the fault on me. His loyalty is shown as he will take the blame
for whatever wrong doings Sabatian has caused despite nott knowing for too long
He is ready to make such sacrifices and if anyone offends sebastian he ill fight on his behalf
Madness
1. Olivia’s “madness” is an expression of her intense feelings for Cesario, even
though she knows her love remains unreturned
I am as mad as he,
2. Oliva has taken a vow to hide her face until the next 7 years due to
the mourning of her brother. Most normal people will see a person’s
grieving as something bad however he sees a positive in mourning
her brother as it shows what a good girl she is and this entices him to
want her more. mourning her brother is a positive to him. Adds to her
attractiveness
3. He abandons all such proper conduct and behaves like an utter
fool.Malvolio dresses in high yellow stockings and cross garmented,
which Olivia loathes.The letter also instructs Malvolio to smile,
something no-one has ever seen him do. So when he appears with a
rigid smile, wearing the yellow stockings with cross garters, she thinks
he has gone mad. This style is considered outlandish or for young
people in Shakespeare's day so Malvolio who is an old man would
look completely ridiculous . It can also be seen as disrespectful as
Olivia’s household is a place of mourning and bright Yellow colour is a
bright colour that contrasts the dark and gloominess of the
atmosphere of the household looks out of place in this environment
Wisdon vs Folly
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