"Cliff Notes - Twelfth Night" - читать интересную книгу автора (Cliff Notes)

The confusion dispelled, things quickly fall into their
natural order. Orsino marries Viola. Olivia marries Sebastian.
Sir Toby marries the witty Maria. Only Malvolio clings to his
self-love, refuses to accept the apology he is offered, and
stalks off, vowing revenge on everybody.

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TWELFTH NIGHT: VIOLA

In the middle of the group of outrageous characters who
inhabit the world of Twelfth Night stands one of Shakespeare's
most level-headed creations. It may seem odd to us that
circumstances should force Viola to disguise herself as a boy,
but she reacts to people and situations in a way you can
understand and identify with.

Viola is young, beautiful, and nobly born. These qualities
you hear about from the other characters. She is also extremely
smart and deeply passionate. These qualities can be seen in
what she does.

Her intelligence takes two forms. First, see how skillfully
she chooses her words when she wants to tell Orsino she loves
him. Her passion drives her to tell him how she feels. Still,
she must not let him guess that she is a girl. Therefore, her
statements have to sound plausible coming from Cesario. Or look
at her scenes with Olivia. In Act I, Scene v, Viola can play
any word game Olivia wishes to indulge in. Viola displays as
much skill with words as any lawyer or scholar.

The other kind of intelligence Viola possesses is an
instinctive sense of how to take care of herself. She knows the
danger she could be in as a young girl alone in a strange place.
That's why she adopts the disguise of a young boy. She puts
herself in a position where she can rely on her own quick
wits.

Her passion is revealed in the way she expresses herself.
Since she cannot simply turn to Orsino and say "I love you," the
intensity of her feelings is reflected in the poetry of her
speech. One of the best and most famous examples is the passage
in Act II, Scene iv where she tells Orsino about the love her
"sister" had to conceal. (Of course, Viola is really talking
about her own feelings.) Another example is in Act I, Scene v.
Disguised as Cesario, Viola tells what she would do to woo
Olivia if she were Orsino. Olivia is moved so deeply that she
falls in love with "Cesario"!

The love Viola feels is sincere and mature. She puts
Orsino's happiness before her own. He loves Olivia, so Viola