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Characters Twelfth Night Fabian. Log in to add yourself as a fan! Read an in-depth analysis of Viola. A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria. Orsino is lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia, but becomes more and more fond of his handsome new page boy, Cesario, who is actually a woman—Viola. Orsino is a vehicle through which the play explores the absurdity of love: a supreme egotist, Orsino mopes around complaining how heartsick he is over Olivia, when it is clear that he is chiefly in love with the idea of being in love and enjoys making a spectacle of himself.
His attraction to the ostensibly male Cesario injects sexual ambiguity into his character. Read an in-depth analysis of Orsino. A wealthy, beautiful, and noble Illyrian lady, Olivia is courted by Orsino and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, but to each of them she insists that she is in mourning for her brother, who has recently died, and will not marry for seven years.
She and Orsino are similar characters in that each seems to enjoy wallowing in his or her own misery. Olivia seems to have no difficulty transferring her affections from one love interest to the next, however, suggesting that her romantic feelings—like most emotions in the play—do not run deep. Read an in-depth analysis of Olivia. When he arrives in Illyria, traveling with Antonio, his close friend and protector, Sebastian discovers that many people think that they know him.
Furthermore, the beautiful Lady Olivia, whom he has never met, wants to marry him. Sebastian is not as well rounded a character as his sister. He seems to exist to take on the role that Viola fills while disguised as Cesario—namely, the mate for Olivia.
Read an in-depth analysis of Sebastian. The straitlaced steward—or head servant—in the household of Lady Olivia. Malvolio is very efficient but also very self-righteous, and he has a poor opinion of drinking, singing, and fun.
Return to the "Twelfth Night" menu. All texts are in the public domain and be used freely for any purpose. Privacy policy. Act, Scene, Line Click to see in context. Speech text. Though our silence be drawn from us with cars, yet peace. Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot. What dish o' poison has she dressed him! Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as rank as a fox. Did not I say he would work it out? You must needs yield your reason, Sir Andrew. This was a great argument of love in her toward you.
I will prove it legitimate, sir, upon the oaths of judgment and reason.
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