In Illyria, a nobleman named Orsino lies depressed longing for the love of a noblewoman Lady Olivia. Orsino cannot have her because she is in mourning for her dead brother and father and refuses to be married during her mourning period of seven years. This is the first great obstacle in the story, which is presented, in terms of counter point. The other does not return the love of one.

In the meantime, off the coast, a storm has caused a terrible shipwreck. A young, woman of noble parentage named Viola is swept onto the Illyrian shore. Finding herself alone in, Illyria, she assumes that her twin brother, Sebastian, has been drowned in the wreck. This will later become a major pin of the counter point in the play but as it is this becomes a lose end to be tied up.

Faced with the believed death of her brother and her newfound poverty she tries to figure out what sort of work she can do. A friendly sea captain tells her about Orsino's love of Olivia, and Viola says that she would like to work in Olivia's home. However Lady O

Eventually, Viola and Orsino make their way to Olivia's house, where Olivia welcomes Cesario as her new husband, thinking him to be Sebastian, whom she has just married. Orsino is furious, but then Sebastian himself appears on the scene, and all is revealed. The siblings are joyfully reunited, and Orsino realizes that he loves Viola, now that he knows she is a woman, and asks her to marry him. Sir Toby and Maria have also been married privately. Finally, someone remembers Malvolio, and lets him out of the. Malvolio storms off, leaving the happy couples to their celebration.

Meanwhile Olivia's drunkard uncle, Sir Toby; his pawn in the story Sir Andrew Aguecheek, are trying in his hopeless way to court Olivia with Sir Andrew. When Sir Toby takes offense at Malvolio's, the houses Stewart, constant efforts to spoil their fun, Maria engineers a practical joke to make Malvolio think that Olivia is in love with him. She forges a letter, supposedly from Olivia, addressed to her beloved, telling him that if he wants to earn her favor, he should dress in yellow stockings and crossed garters, act haughtily, smile constantly, and refuse to explain himself to anyone. Malvolio finds the letter, assumes that it is addressed to him, and, filled with dreams of marrying Olivia and in hopes of becoming noble he, happily follows its commands. He behaves so strangely that Olivia th

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