There is a reference of cruelty within the character of Olivia. Olivia is described by Orsino as “fair cruelty” and “sovereign cruelty”. Orsino must have felt mistreated and unjustified in receiving unrequited love from Olivia, and thus labelled her as a cruelty. It is also evident that Olivia seems to hold herself in high regard and thinks Orsino unworthy of her love.

Conclusively, we see that cruelty exists in the hearts of many characters in “Twelfth Night”, and as a result, characters suffer from this cruelty when it is unrelentlessly inflicted on them.

Also involved in the gulling of Malvolio is Feste the fool, who under the disguise of Sir Topas, tries to confuse Malvolio and persuade him of his madness, by saying that the dark room that Malvolio is locked in, is “bright”. Using the disguise of a priest, Feste jumps from role to role, and bathes in the twisted happiness he gains from the gullibility of Malvolio. Feste remains hard-hearted and refuses to get what Malvolio wants – “pen and paper”. Thus through this incident, the dark side and cruelty of Feste, which was triggered by the extended and repeated incidents of cold exchanges between them both, is seen as well.

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