Love is a deep, tender feeling of affection toward a person, such as

that arising from kinship and recognition of attractive qualities. Love is also hard to describe. There are many kinds of love. In the play "Twelfth Night," the emotion of love is explored and described with great detail. Throughout the play Shakespeare examines three different types of love: romantic love, self-love and friendship.

The play consists of a love triangle; however, many of the characters that are in the love triangle can’t see that their emotions and feelings towards other characters are not true. They are being deceived by themselves and by the other people around them. There are certain instances in the play where the emotion of love is true, and the two people in love feel very strongly towards each another. Viola's love for Orsino is a great example of true love. Although she is pretending to be a man and is almost unknown in Illyria, she hopes to win the Duke's heart. In act 1, scene 4, Viola lets out her true feelings for Orsino, saying "yet a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife”. This statement becomes true when Viola reveals her true identity. Viola and Orsino ha

The next case of true love is less intimate and romantic. It’s also more family oriented. Viola and Sebastian's love for one another is a bond felt by all siblings. Through their times of sorrow and mourning for each of their apparent deaths they still loved each other. They believed inside that maybe someway that each of them was still alive and well.

Many people, even in today's society, love themselves more than anything else. In this play the idea of self-love and how it affects peoples lives is well portrayed. Malvolio has the problem of self-love. He sees himself as a handsome and noble man. Malvolio believes many women would love to be with him. He likes to see things one way only, and he deceives himself just to suit his outlook on the situation. For example, in the play he twists Olivia's words around to make it sound like she admires his yellow cross-gartered stockings, when she really despises them. Both Sir Toby and Olivia show signs of self -love but it is not as big a problem. Sir Toby only cares about himself and no one else not even his friends. He ignores Maria's warnings about drinking at night and he continues to push Sir Andrew to court Olivia. Although he knows Sir Andrew doesn't have a chance. Olivia cares abo

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