Shakespeares Use Of Disguise In Twelfth Night :: essays research papers

&65279Shakespeare uses disguise in his wanton away, Twelfth Night, to cause confusion and privilegedconflict between his characters and it is this confusion and conflict that appeal to the audience.It keeps them wondering how many a(prenominal) more of these situations will arise, and in the end, how willthis confusion and conflict be resolved? The first time that this is evident is in Act I, characterisation IV, where Cesario, re wholey Viola is sent by her master, Orsino, to win the love of Countess Olivia for him. At first it seems as ifnothing is out of the ordinary, but Cesario throws a birl on things with his last words of thescene. Cesario indicates that he will do his stovepipe to win over the lady, but then in an aside saysWhooer I woo, myself would be his wife. (I. IV.41)This makes things much more difficult. What will happen when a messenger who loveshis master is sent to win over the love of the hotshot his master desires? This is a case whereShakespeares use of d isguise has left-hand(a) the audience in suspense. The audience is left waiting tosee how this affaire will play itself out. Little do they know, that disguise will play anotherimportant role, in muddling this problem even further. In the neighboring scene, Act I, Scene V, Cesario will arrive at the home of Countess Olivia, and aft(prenominal) some difficulty, will eventually be granted an audience with the Countess. Cesario is actuallyeloquent, almost relentless, in expressing what love that the Duke Orsino has for Olivia, butOlivia rejects the Dukes offer, saying that she cannot return his love. This is where things reallyget perplexing. Once Cesario exits, Olivia reviews what Cesario has said, and begins to think of themessenger. At this point, the audience realizes what has happened, Olivia has fallen for themessenger. until now this comes as a surprise to her, she says Even so quickly may one catch theplague?(I. IV.281)To stand back and see what has arisen, all because of Violas disguise, is overwhelming and quite hard to explain without seem redundant. To me this is the main conflict in theplay. Viola is a young muliebrity who has disguised herself as a eunuch in order to off theemployment of the Duke Orsino and falls in love with him. The Duke, who is unaware thatCesario is really Viola, or that she has these feelings for him at all, sends Cesario to win over the