Twelfth+Night

Key Plot: Viola and Sebastian, twin siblings, are in a horrible shipwreck and are separated. Viola lands on shore and goes to work for the Duke of the land Orsino, disguised as a man named Cesario. Cesario is sent to win the love of Olivia on behalf of Orsino, but Olivia ends up falling in love with Cesario, who is really a woman. Sebastian lands with Antonio and goes to seek out assistance from Orsino, but runs into Olivia who mistakes him for Cesario and ends up marrying Olivia, who believes that Cesario has finally accepted her offer of marriage. When Orsino sees that Sebastian has married his love Olivia, he gets mad, but is told by Cesario (Viola) that she is in love with him. They end up getting married.

Key Characters: Viola: twin sister of Sebastian; disguises herself as a man named Cesario who goes to work for Duke Orsino Duke Orsino: Duke of the land who is in love with Olivia Olivia: lady who has lost her father and now brother. She is in mourning and refuses to court any suitors Sebastian: twin brother of Viola Malvolio: Steward in Lady Olivia's household; very self righteous and looks down upon drinking and too much joyous activity Feste: the jester or clown in the story; used as comedic relief, but also delivers moral lessons throughout his jests and provides an outside opinion on the events Sir Toby: drunken uncle of Olivia Maria: housekeeper at Olivia's house, very manipulating - causes trouble for Malvolio by setting him up with a forged letter to make it look like Olivia was in love with him, requesting him to do weird things to win her love Antonio: man who rescued Sebastian out of the ocean and helps Sebastian once they're on land

Use of Disguise in Play: The use of disguise and mistaken identity is widely used in the play to incorporate comedy and confusion. It offers underlying plot development.