Olivia is offered superficial love from Orsino. The love is superficial because it is love from afar Orsino does not even know Olivia. Olivia says,

“Your lord does know my mind; I cannot love him.

Yet I suppose him virtuous, know him noble,

Of great estate, of fresh and stainless youth;

In voices well divulged, free, learned, and valiant,

And in dimension and the shape of nature

Hallo your name to the reverberate hills

But you should pity me” (1.5. 269-277).

Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario but what Olivia does not know is that Cesario is really Viola. Olivia has sworn off love until she meets Viola. The love that Olivia has for Viola is doomed from the beginning for Viola is in love with Orsino. Olivia loves Viola because Viola called her a proud woman, therefore, this love cannot be achieved because it is a dream. Olivia says,

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