Twelfth NightTwelfth Night
Characters,
structure, and themes
Twelfth NightTwelfth Nightor What You Willor What You Will
• Title “What You Will” is like “As You Like It”– Does it mean “Whatever is your pleasure”?– Is it the ending that is as we like it? what we will?– Is the world they inhabit as we will? Golden world?– Are the characters? Rosalind and Viola most
perfect
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightDominant imagesDominant images
Viola/Cesario
Orsino Olivia
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightPlot structurePlot structure
• Main Plot – wooing– Orsino/Olivia through Cesario (Viola)– Olivia/Cesario into Olivia/Sebastian– Viola (as Cesario)/Orsino– Olivia/Sebastian (whom she thinks is Cesario)
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightSubplot structureSubplot structure
• Subplots– Feste’s singing and begging– Sir Toby’s drunkenness– Sir Andrew’s wooing of Olivia– Malvolio’s Puritanism– Maria’s Jest– Feste’s revenge
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightViola’s interaction w/other charactersViola’s interaction w/other characters
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
1.4
1.23.4, 5.1
1.5, 3.1,3.4, 5.1
5.1
1.2, 2.4,5.1
2.4, 3.1,5.1 3.5, 5.1
2.1
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night Olivia’s interaction w/other charactersOlivia’s interaction w/other characters
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
1.51.5
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
1.5, 5.1
5.1
1.5 4.1, 4.3, 5.1
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night Feste’s interaction w/other charactersFeste’s interaction w/other characters
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
2.4, 3.1, 5.1
1.5, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
2.4, 5.1
4.1, 5.1
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night Toby’s/Andrew’s/Maria’s interactionsToby’s/Andrew’s/Maria’s interactions
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
4.1, 5.13.1, 3.4, 5.1
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.5, 3.4, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night Malvolio’s interactionsMalvolio’s interactions
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
Sebastian
AntonioCaptain
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
2.1
2.3, 4.2, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 2.5, 3.4, 5.1
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night Orsino’s interaction w/other charactersOrsino’s interaction w/other characters
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
1.4, 2.4, 5.1
5.1
2.4
1.4
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightIntegration of all CharactersIntegration of all Characters
Viola
Orsino’smen
Olivia
Feste
Orsino
Sir AndrewSir Toby
Malvolio
Maria
CaptainSebastian
Antonio
Twelfth NightTwelfth Nighttwo worldstwo worlds
• Orsino’s / masculine– Talk of hunting
– Music/emotion
– Love is unrequited
– Wooing through intermediary (Cesario)
– Direct wooing (Viola)
• Olivia’s / feminine– Talk of grief
– Jesting /tricks
– Love is impossible
– Wooing through intermediary (Malvolio)
– Direct wooing (Olivia)
– Supposed wooing (letter to Malvolio)
As You Like ItAs You Like ItCouplesCouples
• realistic– Viola/Orsino
• romantic– Olivia/Sebastian
• Sexual– Sir Toby/Maria
• Inappropriate– Malvolio/Olivia and Sir Andrew/Olivia and
Olivia/Viola
Twelfth NightTwelfth NightFoilingFoiling
• Character foiling– Viola/Olivia, both lost brothers– Viola/Olivia/Orsino—all have love unrequited– Viola/Feste, both travel freely between
households– Viola/Sebastian, both lost sibling, are strangers
Twelfth Night -- Act ITwelfth Night -- Act IScene 1
Orsino sadScene 2
Viola sadTo serve Orsino
Scene 3Sir Toby drunk
Maria aids
Scene 4Viola and Orsino
Scene 5Maria/FesteFeste/Olivia
Olivia/MalvolioOlivia/Cesario (Viola)
Twelfth Night -- Act IITwelfth Night -- Act IIScene 1
Antonio/SebastianScene 2
Malvolio/CesarioScene 3
Sir Toby/AndrewMaria/Feste
Malvolio
Scene 4Orsino/Viola
Feste
Scene 5Maria’s Jest
Malvolio letter
Twelfth Night -- Act IIITwelfth Night -- Act IIIScene 1
Viola/FesteSir Toby/Andrew
Viola/Olivia
Scene 2Sir Andrew to
Challenge Cesario
Scene 3Sebastian/Antonio
Scene 4Olivia/Malvolio, yellow stockings
Sir Toby to care for MalvolioOlivia/Cesario
Viola challenged by Sir AndrewAntonio rescues Viola
Twelfth Night -- Act IVTwelfth Night -- Act IVScene 1
Feste/SebastianSebastian fights Sir Toby
Olivia breaks up fight
Scene 2Malvolio’s
tormentFeste as
Scene 3Olivia and
Sebastian marry
Twelfth Night -- Act VTwelfth Night -- Act VScene 1
Feste/FabianFeste/Orsino
Viola/Orsino/AntonioOlivia/Orsino/Cesario
Sebastian/Sir Toby/Sir AndrewViola/Sebastian
Malvolio
Feste’s Song
Twelfth Night Twelfth Night themesthemes
• Masculinity and Femininity
• Nature of love (unrequited), of wooing
• Grief
• Loyalty
• Revenge
• Puritanism: no fun, no drink, no song
Twelfth Night and As You Like ItTwelfth Night and As You Like Itcomparison of main characterscomparison of main characters
• Rosalind– Father absent
– Cousin/sister Celia
– Disguise for fun and protection
– Gets Orlando to woo her as Ganymede. Teaches him about love
– Both masculine and feminine
• Viola– Father dead, brother lost
– Alone
– Disguise necessary for modesty
– Wooes Olivia for Orsino, Admits love for him, teaches him how to love
– Both masculine and feminine
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