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Viola's actions produce all of the play's momentum. She is a young woman of Messaline. In the beginning, Viola is found shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria and separated from her twin brother, not knowing whether he is alive or dead, the Sea Captain tells her that this place is ruled by the Duke Orsino, who is in love with Countess Olivia.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian , who are separated in a shipwreck.
Viola is the central character of Twelfth Night. She disguises herself as a boy and calls herself “Cesario”, to serve on Orsino's staff. Viola falls in love with Orsino, but Orsino is in love with Olivia, and Olivia falls in love with Cesario (Viola). Virgilia is the hero's wife in Coriolanus. Volsce/Volscian:
Twelfth Night: 1600–1601 [33] First Folio Earliest known performance 2 February 1602 [34] Summary Viola finds herself shipwrecked in Illyria and, assuming that her brother Sebastian has died in the wreck, disguises herself as a man to gain a position in Duke Orsino's court. Orsino sends Viola (whom he knows as Cesario) to deliver a message to ...
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian, while on a sea voyage, are shipwrecked. Viola is rescued and Sebastian is supposed to have been lost. Among the wreckage on the coast Sebastian's trunk is found by Viola. When she opens it and sees her brother's clothing, she decides to disguise herself as a boy.
A Captain survives the shipwreck at the start of Twelfth Night with Viola, and helps her with her disguise. A Captain of the Welsh army brings Richard the bad news that his army, believing him dead, has deserted him, in Richard II. A Captain brings Duncan news of Macbeth and Banquo's victories, in the first act of Macbeth.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (c. 1601–1602) deals extensively with cross-dressing through the female protagonist Viola. She disguises herself as Cesario and immediately finds herself caught up in a love triangle: she loves Duke Orsino who loves Countess Olivia who loves Cesario. Luckily, all is resolved when Viola's presumed dead twin ...
Later, when Viola's twin brother Sebastian comes to Illyria, he is mistaken as Cesario by Olivia and is asked to marry her, to which he agrees. At the end of the play, when the confusion over the identities of Viola and her twin Sebastian is resolved, and Orsino discovers Viola's true identity, he agrees to take Viola as his wife.