The Changing Role In Viola/Cesario In The Twelfth Night
In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", it is clearly evident that the
fluctuation in attitude to the dual role and situation and tribulations
imposed upon the character of Viola/Cesario ends up in a better
understanding of both sexes, and thus, allows Viola to have a better
understanding for Orsino. Near the opening of the play, when Viola is
adopting her male identity, she creates another self, like two masks and
may decide to wear one or the other while swinging between the two
identities in emotion and in character. She decides to take on this
identity because she has more freedom in society in her Cesario mask, which
is evident when she is readily accepted by Orsino, whereas, in her ...
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reveal and share with Viola in her true
female self, but rather his secret self, as he believes he shares with a
peer. So, she grows to love him. But, Orsino's motivation is actually
not love for Viola, but rather he seems to be in love with love itself.
His entire world is filled with love but he knows that there might be a
turning point for him, like when he says:
If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it,
that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. 1.
(I,I,I-III)
This quote shows that he knows that he is so caught up in "love", that he
hopes his appetite for love may simmer when he takes more than he can
handle.
1. Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Longman's Canada Limited, Don
Mills, Ontario, 1961. All subsequent quotes are from this edition.
Near the end of the play, when all tricks and treacheries are revealed
and all masks are lifted, Orsino "falls" in love with Viola. He first
forgives her/him of her/his duty to ...
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