Duke And Olivia Relationship Essay

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Love always has a way of telling a story and displaying the chase and the dramatic turn of events during the story. In Twelfth Night Olivia, the main two characters are Duke and Olivia. The question arises then which was more important was the relationship itself or was it the pursuit of the relationship. Duke shows that chasing the relationship is more important than the relationship itself. Even in the end Duke wouldn’t mind marrying Viola instead of his dream girl, Olivia. Duke has fell in love and he elaborates that he has fallen in love with Olivia. He explains how it’s a very good feeling to find a soulmate and true love. A valid person in someone’s life is what duke visons. Duke also explains that the pursuit of Olivia is far more important to the fact of having a relationship with Olivia. Olivia and duke display an act of “hunting “, a term they refer to as winning Olivia’s heart rather than doing physical harm to a heart. Kristian …show more content…

In lines 22-23 he demonstrates his persistence to keep pursuing her even if she doesn’t want a relationship. Duke does not care about normal human feelings and emotions and will not stop until he is satisfied. The fascination that Duke has with the experience of chasing a girl instead of the actual relationship itself, sets apart this piece of literature from others because of how unique the story is. In another article by Joshua Eferighe he claims that the chase is way more interesting than the relationship itself. The relationship expert, Damon Jacobs, emphasizes, “In the early stages of falling for someone, your brain is releasing certain chemicals, including dopamine.” That’s what clearly Duke felt that since he prefers the pursuit of chasing the relationship. Duke felt that he was insanely in love with Olivia because of the dopamine. Science backs it up that Duke felt that chasing the relationship itself was way better than the actual

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