Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind

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Term Paper Title	Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind
# of Words	475
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.9

Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind

Twelfth Night: Two Faces, One Mind

     As in most comedies, William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night extensively
uses disguises, masks and mistaken identities to add to the comical nature of
the play. Viola's disguise as Orsino's page, Cesario, becomes crucial to the
action in the play. Without this important element, the action in the play would
slow down dramatically, making the story much less intriguing. In addition to
making the play less interesting, the disguise is also necessary to develop the
storyline involving Sebastian, and the confusion that his return creates. It
also is vital to the conflict between Olivia and Orsino, which depends on
Viola's disguise to keep things exciting.

     Viola's disguise becomes increasing more important as the events take
place. The majority of the plot lines depend on the disguise. Without it, the
main theme of the play would be the gulling of Malvolio. In a play where most of
the characters fall in love with each other, blind to the gender and true
identity of the objects of their desires, a disguise like Viola's becomes the
center of the action, and causes almost all the of the important aspects of the
play.

     The confusion that Sebastian creates when he returns would not occur
without Viola's disguise. Sir Andrew believes that the woman of his desires,
Olivia, is spending too much time with Cesario, and challenges him to a duel. As
he put it, Olivia was doing “more favors to the Count's servingman than ever ...

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