Act 2, scene 5
2. Ask one of the characters in a scene a question and answer it as if you were that character.
Question: I would like to ask Maria how she thought of the prank to trick Malvolio.
Answer: My handwriting is awfully similar to my lady’s hand, we can hardly tell them apart sometimes. With that advantage, I decided to fool Malvolio. He is so full of himself and is naturally convinced the whole world is in love with him, which makes him the perfect target. He is willing to believe anything that involves praising him due to his ego. Thus, it wouldn’t be hard to convince Malvolio someone is in love him, even if it is my lady Olivia. I hate the way he treats others, as if like he is better than everyone else. I wanted him to make a fool of himself in front of
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Malvolio reads this out loud from the letter by “Olivia”. This quote portraits three types of achievements. “Some are born great”; this is referring to the people born of aristocratic families. In Shakespeare’s time, these would be the people born into royalty, people who are born to be leaders. Next, “some achieve greatness”; these are the people with earned accomplishments. This is referring to the people with grit and talents who work hard for their achievements. Furthermore, this would also include Shakespeare himself; he may not have been “born great”, but he definitely achieved greatness through all his hard work. Finally, “some have greatness thrust upon ‘em”; these are the people who happened to be in the right place at the right time. These people may not want or even deserve their achievements. In the play, this quote refers to Malvolio’s social class and his wish to be in a higher class. He is trying to achieve greatness through a marriage with Olivia. I like this quote as Shakespeare summarized the three types of success in one
He selected various individuals that were great by their own talent and not by someone else. Thus, he criticizes those who claim to power was the result of other assistance, mainly using fortune as a mean for reaching their place of power. According to
This is harsh because Malvolio is older and does not know better. Lastly, since Maria is planning on writing the letters from Olivia’s point of view, she decides to play with it a little bit. In the
His inflated ego has lead him to misinterpret Lady Olivia’s feelings for him-or rather, her lack of feelings. Although he already has the notion that he should end up with the Lady, he is fooled by Sir Toby, Maria, and Sir Andrew, believing Olivia feels the same for him. The tricksters deliberately write a letter indirectly addressed to Malvolio, divulging “Olivia’s” hidden love for the steward. Without giving much thought to the credibility of this discovered letter, Malvolio follows its enclosed instructions, unwittingly earning the real Lady Olivia’s disfavor (2.5.91-195). “This and his continuous disapproval of Sir Toby and Sir Andrew's drinking, earn him their hatred and he quickly becomes their pawn in a complex romantic ruse” (Review at Absolute
Act 3 Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Before Act 3 scene i we know that there are two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The audience has been told at the start that to resolve this dispute their children, two innocent lovers, must die. The Prince had explicitly told the family that if there is another brawl their ‘lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace’. Romeo a Montague went unwelcome to the Capulets’ ball. Tybalt, a nephew of old Capulet noticed Romeo.
In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Malvolio is considered an outcast by almost everyone in the play. He doesn’t act the same way that any of the other characters act, in that he doesn’t participate in any of their activities, he enforces rules that the others could care less about, and he is just overall a socially awkward guy. Malvolio not only claims to adhere to the rules of the household himself, but uses his relations with Olivia to try and help make the others follow the rules as well. This upsets certain characters more than others. For instance Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Maria find his behavior particularly detestable. But Malvolio’s strict coherence to the rules allows him to have a rather high position in Olivia’s household. While Malvolio may be considered a social outcast to most of the characters in the play, Olivia considers Malvolio to be a very trusted steward of her household. For these reasons Malvolio is not only a social outcast, but an outcast that Shakespeare uses to keep people interested in his play.
...volio declares revenge on the lot before exiting, giving the floor to Orsino. He speaks to Viola, before Feste, Olivia’s Jester, sings to signal the ending. “Cesario, come – For so you shall be while you are a man; But when in other habits you are seen Orsino’s mistress and his fancy’s queen.”
In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Malvolio is considered an outcast by everyone else in the play except Olivia. He doesn’t act the same way that any of the other characters act, and he seems to be a real stickler for the rules, which upsets certain characters more than others. But it is this strict coherence to the rules that allows Malvolio to have such a high position in Olivia’s household. While Malvolio may be considered an outcast to most of the characters in the play, Olivia shows concern for Malvolio and his well-being.
It’s common for people who are successful in life to look down on other’s who haven’t ‘made something of themselves’ in their eyes, but it is also common for these successful people to come from privilege. It isn’t often they they will factor in this privilege when setting themselves up as a model, and this can be said for even Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of our country. While some people read Benjamin Franklin autobiography and put him in the place of the ‘perfect American self-made man’, it can be argued that Benjamin Franklin only accomplished everything he did because he started out with privilege that most people could only dream of in the time. When Benjamin Franklin makes a switch from
Individuals hold the possibility of creating a better world as all humans equally have the potential to make a difference. JK Rowling’s address aims to influence the audience to recognise their high positions in society and to take advantage of their power to better the lives of those who are unable to themselves. Her rhetoric confronts the audience through her contrast with the privileged lives of Harvard graduates, where “ordinary people” and particularly herself with an “impoverish background” are able to contribute to the construction of a better world. This contrast allows the audience to realise their potential and work towards a difference. She delves into her first idea by connecting her anecdotes from the exordium to the audience by employing rhetorical questions asking “Why do I talk about the benefits of failure?” in order to emphasise
In the play, Olivia has a steward, Malvolio, unpopular with servants, mean, authoritarian, control freak. Malvolio is tricked into believing he is loved by Olivia. Malvolio behaves as if she is in love with him and he is eventually locked up for madness. After reading and reviewing the play, Malvolio’s epiphany moments stood out the most for me. Malvolio, the puritanical, was the head servant in Lady Olivia’s household. Although Malvolio is very efficient, he also very self-righteous, and frowns upon most of the things such as drinking, singing, and fun. He fantasies about marrying his mistress and living higher than his social class.
After Malvolio establishes that "Olivia" writes the letter he then begins to interpret the letter to suit his situation. "`M'--Malvolio! `M'! Why, that begins my name" It is humorous because he believes the letters "M.O.A.I" is an acronym for his name. However the audience knows that it is a device cleverly thought up by Maria that has obviously succeeded in its purpose to trick Malvolio.
of the Capulet’s orchard. This is a brave thing to do, for, if he had
He also mentions, “[a leader] is able to think things through for himself,” Leaders, who lead one form of a victorious life, do not look to others for recognition of their accomplishments. Since hierarchies such as a career, social group, or governing body do not reward a victorious life but instead a victorious life can be
...oth perspectives. They both still being servants are using disguise differently. Malvolio, servant of Olivia and Viola, servant of Orsino, they both have felt love for their masters/boss. They both express it differently, Malvolio loving Olivia uses cheery appearance and Viola loving Orsino hides her love secretly in her disguise. This essay was to prove that disguises and appearance is a symbolic feature for Viola and Malvolio's characters. According to given facts and examples, it was very clear that Viola and Malvolio use disguises as their shield, but they each use it differently.
(II.iii.77-82). Sir Toby and Maria retaliate to his scolding by planting a ‘love letter’ from Olivia, addressed to Malvolio. As can be expected, Malvolio was overjoyed, and did exactly what the letter asked him to do - wear a pair of yellow cross gartered stockings. However, when Olivia sees Malvolio, she believes that he has become insane and imprisons him for being a lunatic. Malvolio’s ambitious love, rather than winning the lady’s hand in marriage, has caused him much suffering and humiliation.