Malvolio

for women. Specifically, Shakespeare makes a comparison between the Duke Orsino and the lowly Malvolio. He writes of their common desire for Olivia, their futile attempts to court her, and their combined failure…

Unless the master were the man. How now..."(Shakespeare 37). She rants on about how perfect Cesario is from his words, to his face and body. She wishes the Duke was just like him, then she would be in love. Malvolio is often seen as the antagonist of the play, he is Olivia's arrogant steward. A voice laced with arrogance he says, "...she did affect me, and I have heard herself come thus near, that, should she fancy, it should be one of my complexion. Besides…

so did their emotional status. Malvolio started as a humorless, mundane man. Three of his friends included Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are immensely good friends who loved to grab drinks and stay in jubilation. Maria acted as the brains in this group, so she can be considered the mastermind of the surreptitious scheme. One character,…

involved in this is Malvolio because he got sent a letter from his sir Toby pretending it was Olivia saying she loves him. In act 2 of Twelfth night, Shakespeare shows the audience that loving someone is risky because you can be tricked. In act 2 scene 3 sir Toby, sir andrew and fester were partying until malvolio shows up and ends it. Then the three made a revenge letter to malvolio tricking him in thinking it was sent by Olivia saying she loves him. This is very risky for malvolio because…

and at what point it goes too far and transitions from comedic to cruel. He uses an antagonist named Malvolio to see whether people can find humor in another person’s physical and emotional abuse. However, Shakespeare’s expansion of comedy serves a duel purpose as he uses it to teach his audience some valuable lessons about life and how one should behave. Shakespeare presents the character Malvolio in the first few acts as a malcontent who treats his associates with a disdain, painting him in…

It is already known before that Malvolio is a proud and snot nosed man who believes himself to stand above everyone else but fare Olivia. When Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria and Fabian decide to use Malvolio’s crush on Olivia against him they do it in the best way possible.Once Malvolio sees and starts to read the note he already starts to make connections to himself “M.O.A.I,...it would bow to me, for…

Arrogant, unpleasant, and stately, Malvolio from Twelfth Night fills the role of a mean-spirited antagonist and acts as a fool to the other characters. Similar to some of the other characters in the story, Malvolio’s role in life does not match his true nature; Malvolio possesses the demeanor and nature of the aristocrat. One can find evidence in his condescending rhetoric as seen when he describes Feste as “ a barren rascal ” with “ no more brain than a stone”(I.v.9-11). In addition, his moment…

confesses Olivia’s love for Malvolio. They leave the letter for the thoughtless Malvolio to find and Toby, Fabian and Andrew hide behind a bush to watch his reaction. Before he finds the letter, Malvolio imagines scolding Toby about his drunkenness and admonishing him for wasting the treasure of his time “with a foolish knight.” Sir Andrew immediately recognizes…

Annoyed, Malvolio confronted them, and criticized them for their irresponsible and rude behaviour at the house, saying, “My masters, are you mad? Or what are you? Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night? Do you make an…

disguises herself as a boy, she, thus disguised becomes a messenger in the service of Orsino, the Duke, and a part of a love-triangle between herself, Orsino, and Olivia, another noblewoman. Over the course of the play, characters, such as Olivia and Malvolio, are driven to madness because of their love towards others. Feste,…