Characters:
Orsino: Duke of Illyria
Olivia: rich countess
Viola: a lady later disguised as Cesario
Sir Toby: Olivia Uncle
Malvolio: Olivia's steward
Maria: Olivia's woman
Sebastian: Olivia's twin brother
Antonio: sea captain, and Sebastian's friend
VALENTINE, CURIO- Gentlemen attending on the Duke
Fabian- servant of Olivia
Feste - clown
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The picure above is of Malvolio in his cross-gartered yellow stockings. The two women pictured are Olivia and her lady Maria laughing at him.
Major Conflict:
Viola is in love with Orsino, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Viola’s male disguise, Cesario. This love triangle is complicated by the fact that neither Orsino nor Olivia knows that Viola is really a woman.
Rising Action:
The mounting confusion, mistaken identities, and professions of love leading up to Act V.
Climax:
Sebastian and Viola are reunited, and everyone realizes that Viola is really a woman.
Falling Action:
Viola prepares to marry Orsino; Malvolio is freed and vows revenge; everyone else goes off to celebrate.
Themes:
love as a cause of suffering
the uncertainty of gender
the folly of ambition
This is a scene from the Twelfth Night movie that was directed by Trevor Nunn. This is also the scene that was discussed in the inter-cutting article we read.