Matchmaker In William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night the main characters of the play are continuously searching for love. At the commencement of the play, a perplexing love affair begins to unfold. With Duke Orsino in love with Lady Olivia, Olivia in love with Cesario who is actually a woman, and Viola completing the circuitous affair through her love for Orsino, an intricate triangle begins to form. Sebastian later takes the place of the feigned Cesario and …showed first 75 words of 1181 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1181 total…Although the motives of the characters, deception, development, and revelation of truth did not provide a solution for any of the people in the play, it allowed for certain conversations, incidents, and questions to be raised. Consequently, the more appropriate picturesque marriage of Orsino and Viola took place as well as the haphazard marriage of Olivia and Sebastian. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. In Four Comedies. Ed. David Bevington. Toronto: Bantum Books.1988. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**