Viola: The Master of Disguise
The “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare creates interesting characters that disguise themselves and produce interesting twists and turns in the play. Viola disguises herself as a delicate male in Orsino’s house. She believes that her brother, Sebastian, perished in the sea and in order to survive in this strange land, she must disguise herself as a male servant. Viola’s disguise, Cesario, generates many different emotions among many different individuals. Even though she is only one character it appears that she affects an array of characters when it comes to intimacy and love. Being forced to disguise herself, Viola faces many challenges. She first must appear like a man despite her feminine features. She also has to gain the respect and trust of not only Orsino, but also Olivia. Viola is forced into the disguise of Cesario to fit in to a new society she washed upon, while simultaneously finding love and manipulating the inner workings of Orsino and Olivia’s households. Although at one time Viola looked like a woman, her life changed course when she became shipwrecked. Suddenly, Viola finds herself on the coast of Illyria with a Captain and she says, “What country, friends, is
this?” (1.2.1). Her brother Sebastian and herself were on a boat that wrecked and she believes him to be deceased (1.2.3-15). Distraught and desperate, Viola turns to the Captain for help. She needs a way to survive in this new strange land. Viola decides that, Conceal me what I am, and be my aid I’ll bring you to a captain in this town Meanwhile, Olivia’s love for Cesario has done nothing but grow. The false pretenses, which she is under, have caused her to want to wed Cesario or so she thinks. Passion has conquered her heart and she has gotten carried away in her infatuation. The illusions that Vila has kept everybody under all come unraveled in the last scene of the play. Her identity is revealed when her “dead” brother appears and they meet again.
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