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Why does Viola help Duke Orsino try to win Olivia when Viola is in love with him herself?
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Was Viola and Olivia both in love with Orisno?
No. Basically you have a love triangle. Orsino loves Olivia. Olivia loves Viola/Cessario and Viola loves Duke Orsino
Why cant viola tell duke orsino that she is a girl?
cuz that's the whole point of the movie...viola could trust no oneeeeeeee
Who does viola fall in love with?
In the movie Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare falls for a noblewoman called Viola de Lesseps (Gwynneth Paltrow) who has ambitions to be an actress (except that she has to disguise herself as a young man to do so). In the movie she is his inspiration for the characters of Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) and Viola (Twelfth Night)
What name is viola known as in Twelfth Night?
V(v)iola is known Cesario because she is dre(e)ssed as a man and working for the duke but at the end of the play she reveals herself as viola and (her) she (!!) + and the duke get married Viola wishes to serve the duke until her brother Sebastion is found. Since she is a girl, she can't, so she pretends to be a man. I played Viola in a play by Theatreworks.
In twelfth njght what brings viola to illyria?
she is so desperate to help win Duke orsino's love that that she would even give up her life o help him. (Act 5- Scene 1) And I ,most most jocund, apt, and willingly, To do you rest, a thousand deaths would die
Was Viola and Olivia both in love with Orisno?
No. Basically you have a love triangle. Orsino loves Olivia. Olivia loves Viola/Cessario and Viola loves Duke Orsino
Did orsino and Olivia get married in Twelfth Night?
No Duke Orsino marrys Viola
What was the love triangle in the novel Twelfth Night?
The love triangle in the novel Twelfth Night involves Duke Orsino, Olivia, and Viola (disguised as Cesario). Duke Orsino loves Olivia, who in turn falls in love with Viola (disguised as Cesario). Viola/Cesario, however, loves Duke Orsino, creating a complex web of unrequited love and mistaken identities.
Who is orsino in twelfth night?
Orsino is pursuing the same lady as he pursues throughout the play, until he finds she has married someone else. It's Olivia.
Who was wife or lover of Duke Orsino in Shakespeares Play?
he dotes upon Olivia, however then in the end marries Viola who has been playing a male character Sebastian
What is Twelfth Night about?
It is based on a short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, which in turn was based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The plot is of a young girl, Viola, who is shipwrecked in a hostile country and disguises herself as a young man to get a job with the local duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with a lady called Olivia and sends his new servant (called Cesario but really Viola in disguise) to persuade Olivia to reciprocate. Unfortunately Olivia falls for Cesario instead. Meanwhile Viola falls in love with Orsino, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Viola, who . . . you get the picture. The resolution comes about by the arrival of Viola's identical twin brother who went missing in the same shipwreck. He and Viola believe each other to have drowned. There is a subplot about the humiliation of Olivia's sour and puritanical head steward, Malvolio, at the hands of Olivia's other servants, her drunken cousin, and a foolish young man hoping to marry Olivia.
Which character from Twelfth Night is cast as the classic Petrarchan lover?
Duke Orsino. He wants Olivia and is frustrated at the beginning because his love ebbs and flows. Then, when Valentine comes in and tells him the Olivia has cloistered herself, Orsino continues to pursue, although he may never have her.
Who are olives three suitors in Twelfth Night?
The three suitors pursuing Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night are Orsino, Duke of Illyria; Sir Andrew Aguecheek; and Malvolio, Olivia's steward.
What happens in Twelfth Night?
Duke Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but she won't have anything to do with suitors. Viola is shipwrecked and believes her twin brother Sebastian to be dead. She pretends to be a boy and becomes a servant to Orsino and gets sent to woo Olivia. However, Olivia falls in love with Viola, believing her to be a boy. Viola falls in love with Orsino. Sir Toby Belch (Olivia's uncle), Sir Andrew Aguecheek (his friend), Maria (a maid), Feste (a jester) and Fabian (a servant) plot to make a fool out of Malvolio (Olivia's head steward). They write a letter, apparently from Olivia, in which she confesses her love for Malvolio and wishes him to dress and behave in a ridiculous manner. Believing that this will get Olivia to marry him, he does everything the letter asks but Olivia, who knew nothing about this, has him locked away for being insane. They eventually set him free but he is furious. Sebastian, Viola's brother, turns up and, believing him to be Viola (who Olivia thinks is a boy) she asks him to marry her and he does. Viola's identity is revealed and Orsino falls in love with her and they marry and it is revealed that Sir Toby and Maria have also married.
What happens in the end of Twelfth Night?
All the confusion and trickery is revealed. Sebastian and Viola are reunited. Duke Orsino marries Viola. Lady Olivia marries Sebastian. Sir Toby marries Maria. Malvolio leaves and threatens revenge.
How many characters are there in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare?
There are 17 characters who have spoken lines in the play: Viola/Cesario, Duke Orsino, Sebastian, Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Augecheek, Feste, Maria, Fabian, Antonio, Captain, Priest, 2 Officers, Valentine (Orsino's servant), Curio (Orsino's servant), Servant (of Olivia). I think that's all of them!
Why cant viola tell duke orsino that she is a girl?
cuz that's the whole point of the movie...viola could trust no oneeeeeeee
