William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

In the last act of the play the plot entanglements and confusions are

not only sorted out but, also reach their climax. To do this all the

plots that have been occurring throughout the play are brought

together in one final conclusion. The various plot entanglements are

sorted out in what is generally thought to be a happy ending, for

instance:-

Viola, who is under the mistaken identity of Caesario, finally reveals

her true identity because Sebastian has appeared therefore everyone

else thinks they are seeing two Ceasario's. By Viola doing this, she

can finally reveal to Orsino that she loves him. Orsino too realises

his love for Viola and so Orsino and Viola are, at last, joined

together.

However, because Viola has done this, Olivia now realises that she

has, in fact, married Sebastian rather than Viola or Caesario as she

first thought. This, at first causes a problem, but then Olivia and

Sebastian realize that they really do love each other.

Viola then explains that her women's clothes are with the captain that

brought her ashore and helped her after the shipwreck. The captain has

been imprisoned by Malvolio though. Olivia decides to get Malvolio to

set him free, but she remembers that Malvolio, too, is imprisoned for

madness. It is at this point that Feste appears with Malvolio's love

letter to Olivia. Feste then proceeds to read it aloud so that it

sounds like it is a madman that has written it. However, Olivia and

the other people in this scene do not fall for this and Fabian is

asked to read the letter instead.

Fabian then reads it sensibly and the other characters at this point

realize the mistake that Malvolio is not mad. So Fabian is sent to

release him.

When Malvolio appears he produces the letter which Malvolio believes

to be Olivias, but Olivia tells him the truth that it is in fact

Marias and that he has been tricked. Fabian confesses then that Sir

Toby, Maria , and Feste are the ones responsible for this and that in

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