Viola was Orsino's messenger, sent to express Orsino's affections towards Olivia. Olivia loves Viola/Cesario, and Viola loves Orsino. A bit of a crazy triangle...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
"I am the man (II.ii.25)"-Viola
Viola realizes that Olivia is in love with her, but Olivia is REALLY in love with Cesario, who IS Viola... Viola says she is the man Olivia loves, but she is not, because Viola is a woman. Cesario, the man, doesn't actually exist, who isn't real, and is actually a woman. So is love present, after all? Is Olivia in love with anyone?
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