Facts about Viola
·
She has a twin brother called Sebastian
·
She is ship wrecked and separated from her
brother
·
She’s swept away onto the Illyrian shore
·
She meets a sea captain who tells her Orsino’s in
love with Olivia
·
She pretends to be a man and goes under the name
Cesario
·
She works in the household of Duke Orsino
·
She’s in love with Orsino
·
Her twin, Sebastian, is still alive.
·
Sir Andrew challenges her to a dual
Other characters
opinion on Viola
·
She’s Orsino’s favourite (as Cesario)
·
Olivia is in love with her
·
Sebastian thinks she is dead
·
Antonio (Sebastian’s protector) thinks she is
dead
·
Olivia thinks she agreed to marry her
·
Orsino is in love with her by the end
Violas personal
opinions
·
She wishes she could go to work in Olivia’s home
at the beginning
·
She thinks her brother is dead
·
She hopes her brother Is alive
·
She believes Olivia is crazy for not accepting
Orsino’s love
·
she doesn't care about status as much as her
brother
·
she thinks women are weak when it comes to love
What has just
happened?
Viola (Cesario) has just been stopped by annoyed Malvolio
who says she needs to take a ring back to Duke Orsino and tell him Olivia does
not love him and doesn't accept his proposal for marriage and says not to come
back as a messenger for Orsino unless Viola wants to tell Olivia about Orsino’s
reaction, he exits. I believe this is just an excuse from Olivia to make Viola
(Cesario) come back. Viola (Cesario)
is confused at this point as she didn't throw a ring at Olivia, she snatched it
of her! In the monologue she’s coming to the realisation that Olivia may be in love
with her.’ Fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her!’
Where am I?
I have seemed
to have left Olivia’s house a while ago but I am walking slowly. I'm on my way
to Duke Orsino’s house having just sent a message to Olivia from him. I'm on an
island so it’s probably quite windy from the sea.
Costume
I would be
wearing men’s clothes as I am pretending to be a man. I am probably in quite
smart clothes as I am the Dukes messenger to the women he loves. I’d probably be wearing kind of blazer, and trousers
tucked into boots.
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