1. Characters, structure, and themes
Twelfth Night
Characters,
structure, and themes

2. Twelfth Night or What You Will
Title “What You Will” is like “As You Like It”
Does it mean “Whatever is your pleasure”?
Is it the ending that is as we like it? what we will?
Is the world they inhabit as we will? Golden world?
Are the characters? Rosalind and Viola most perfect

3. Twelfth Night Dominant images
Viola/Cesario
Orsino
Olivia

4. Twelfth Night Plot structure
Main Plot – wooing
Orsino/Olivia through Cesario (Viola)
Olivia/Cesario into Olivia/Sebastian
Viola (as Cesario)/Orsino
Olivia/Sebastian (whom she thinks is Cesario)

5. Twelfth Night Subplot structure
Feste’s singing and begging
Sir Toby’s drunkenness
Sir Andrew’s wooing of Olivia
Malvolio’s Puritanism
Maria’s Jest
Feste’s revenge

6. Twelfth Night Viola’s interaction w/other characters
Antonio
Captain
3.4, 5.1
1.2
Viola
Sebastian
5.1
1.2, 2.4,5.1
1.5, 3.1,3.4, 5.1
Orsino
Olivia
2.1
Orsino’s
men
1.4
Malvolio
3.5, 5.1
2.4, 3.1,5.1
Sir Toby
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

7. Twelfth Night Olivia’s interaction w/other characters
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
1.5
4.1, 4.3, 5.1
Orsino
5.1
Olivia
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
Orsino’s
men
Malvolio
1.5
1.5
1.5, 5.1
Sir Toby
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

8. Twelfth Night Feste’s interaction w/other characters
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
2.4, 3.1, 5.1
Olivia
4.1, 5.1
Orsino
1.5, 5.1
Orsino’s
men
Malvolio
2.4, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
Sir Toby
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

9. Twelfth Night Toby’s/Andrew’s/Maria’s interactions
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
3.1, 3.4, 5.1
4.1, 5.1
Orsino
Olivia
Orsino’s
men
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
Malvolio
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
Sir Toby
1.5, 2.3, 4.2, 5.1
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria
1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.5, 3.4, 5.1

10. Twelfth Night Malvolio’s interactions
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
2.1
Olivia
Orsino
1.5, 3.4, 5.1
Orsino’s
men
Malvolio
2.3, 4.2, 5.1
1.5, 2.3, 2.5, 3.4, 5.1
Sir Toby
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

11. Twelfth Night Orsino’s interaction w/other characters
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
1.4, 2.4, 5.1
Orsino
5.1
Olivia
1.4
Orsino’s
men
Malvolio
2.4
Sir Toby
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

12. Twelfth Night Integration of all Characters
Antonio
Captain
Viola
Sebastian
Orsino
Olivia
Orsino’s
men
Malvolio
Sir Toby
Feste
Sir Andrew
Maria

13. Twelfth Night two worlds
Orsino’s / masculine
Talk of hunting
Music/emotion
Love is unrequited
Wooing through intermediary (Cesario)
Direct wooing (Viola)
Olivia’s / feminine
Talk of grief
Jesting /tricks
Love is impossible
Wooing through intermediary (Malvolio)
Direct wooing (Olivia)
Supposed wooing (letter to Malvolio)

14. As You Like It Couples realistic romantic Sexual Inappropriate
Viola/Orsino
romantic
Olivia/Sebastian
Sexual
Sir Toby/Maria
Inappropriate
Malvolio/Olivia and Sir Andrew/Olivia and Olivia/Viola

15. Twelfth Night Foiling Character foiling
Viola/Olivia, both lost brothers
Viola/Olivia/Orsino—all have love unrequited
Viola/Feste, both travel freely between households
Viola/Sebastian, both lost sibling, are strangers

16. Olivia/Cesario (Viola)
Twelfth Night -- Act I
Scene 1
Orsino sad
Scene 2
Viola sad
To serve Orsino
Scene 3
Sir Toby drunk
Maria aids
Scene 4
Viola and Orsino
Scene 5
Maria/Feste
Feste/Olivia
Olivia/Malvolio
Olivia/Cesario (Viola)

17. Twelfth Night -- Act II Scene 1 Antonio/Sebastian Scene 2
Malvolio/Cesario
Scene 3
Sir Toby/Andrew
Maria/Feste
Malvolio
Scene 4
Orsino/Viola
Feste
Scene 5
Maria’s Jest
Malvolio letter

18. Twelfth Night -- Act III
Scene 1
Viola/Feste
Sir Toby/Andrew
Viola/Olivia
Scene 2
Sir Andrew to
Challenge Cesario
Scene 3
Sebastian/
Antonio
Scene 4
Olivia/Malvolio, yellow stockings
Sir Toby to care for Malvolio
Olivia/Cesario
Viola challenged by Sir Andrew
Antonio rescues Viola

19. Sebastian fights Sir Toby
Twelfth Night -- Act IV
Scene 1
Feste/Sebastian
Sebastian fights Sir Toby
Olivia breaks up fight
Scene 2
Malvolio’s torment
Feste as
Scene 3
Olivia and
Sebastian marry

20. Twelfth Night -- Act V Scene 1 Feste/Fabian Feste/Orsino
Viola/Orsino/Antonio
Olivia/Orsino/Cesario
Sebastian/Sir Toby/Sir Andrew
Viola/Sebastian
Malvolio
Feste’s Song

21. Twelfth Night themes Masculinity and Femininity
Nature of love (unrequited), of wooing
Grief
Loyalty
Revenge
Puritanism: no fun, no drink, no song

22. Twelfth Night and As You Like It comparison of main characters
Rosalind
Father absent
Cousin/sister Celia
Disguise for fun and protection
Gets Orlando to woo her as Ganymede. Teaches him about love
Both masculine and feminine
Viola
Father dead, brother lost
Alone
Disguise necessary for modesty
Wooes Olivia for Orsino, Admits love for him, teaches him how to love
Both masculine and feminine