Summary of Twelfth Night and Characters
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Summary of Twelfth Night and Characters
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Shakespeare play summary of Twelfth Night. The male and female
characters bring the plot of the play to life. Not only do
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Characters in Twelfth Night
Duke Orsino
Olivia
Maria
Sebastian
Viola
Valentine
Sir Toby Belch
Cesario
Antonio
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Curio
Malvolio
Feste
Fabian
Summary of Twelfth Night
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The Summary of Twelfth Night
This drama is one of the
great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. Viola, cross dresses and
takes the man's name of Cesario. Viola enters the service of the Duke of
Illyria, Orsino. Orsino longs for the love of a neighbouring countess.
Viola (Cesario) then falls in love with Orsino. To add to the farce
Viola's (Cesario) identical twin, Sebastian arrives on the scene. Living
in Olivia’s household is her uncle, Sir Toby Belch, a merry character.
The steward of the household is the conceited Malvolio.The plot
illustrates jealousy, mistaken Identity, cross-dressing and features
fights and duels. In the end Sebastian and Olivia fall in love and
marry. Orsino realises that it is Viola that he loves and she agrees to
marry him. Sir Toby Belch and Maria also decide to marry! Twelfth Night
ends and everyone, except Malvolio, is happy and Shakespeare speaks of
the madness of love.
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