Characters
Who are the characters in the love triangle in Twelfth Night?
Orsino, Cesario(Viola), and Olivia.
The entire play takes place in this fictional, sun-drenched coastal region.
Illyria
After surviving a shipwreck, Viola decides to disguise herself as a young man for this specific purpose.
To serve Duke Orsino.
Early in the play, Viola realizes the reality of her situation which is she is in love with her boss, while her boss’s crush (Olivia) has fallen for this person.
Cesario
To disguise herself as the male page Cesario, Viola asks the Sea Captain to help her find the right clothes and presents herself as this specific type of servant.
Eunuch
While Viola is the protagonist, this character is the only one in the play who actually spends time in a dark room because everyone else convinces him he has gone insane.
Malvolio
While the Duke's palace is full of music, this specific character's house is described as being in mourning and closed off to all suitors.
Olivia
The specific household where the gates are closed to all messengers until "Cesario" manages to talk his way in.
Olivia’s House
Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek are "friends," but Toby only keeps Andrew around for this specific, selfish reason.
His money
When Olivia first meets "Cesario," she uses a disguise of her own by wearing this item to hide her face and mourning.
Veil
This character is the sea captain who rescues Sebastian; he risks his life to enter Illyria despite being a wanted man due to a previous naval battle with Orsino’s fleet.
Antonio
his is the specific area within Olivia’s estate where Act 3, Scene 4 takes place—where the "duel" occurs and where Malvolio displays his yellow stockings.
Olivia’s Garden (Orchard)
In Act 3, Scene 1, Viola and the Fool (Feste) have a famous conversation in this specific outdoor setting on Olivia's property.
The Garden
In Act 2, Scene 4, Orsino tells "Cesario" that a man’s love is much hungrier and stronger than a woman’s; Viola disagrees, using the story of her "sister" to prove women can love deeply.
Pining away in silence.
In Act 3, Scene 4, Malvolio "disguises" his usual grumpy personality by appearing in these two specific fashion choices to please Olivia.
Yellow stocking and cross-garters.
When Sir Andrew tries to leave in Act 3, Sir Toby convinces him to stay by suggesting he challenge "Cesario" to a duel in order to impress Olivia with this specific quality.
Valor
In Act 2, Scene 3, Malvolio storms into this part of the house to scold Sir Toby and Sir Andrew for their "caterwauling" (loud singing) late at night.
Buttery
In Act 3, Scene 4, Sir Toby realizes the "duel" between Sir Andrew and Cesario is failing because both men are terrified, so he tells each of them that the other is a "devil" and a master of this specific skill.
Fencing
Maria and Sir Toby’s relationship is built on mischief. In Act 2, Scene 5, Toby is so impressed by her plan to prank Malvolio that he jokingly says he wants to marry her for this specific reason.
Her wit.
While Viola is disguised as Cesario, she tells Orsino that her father had a daughter who "loved a man"—a clever way of speaking about herself in this specific narrative form.
A sister
In the letter prank, Malvolio is commanded to be "surly" with the servants and "opposite" with this specific character to show his new status.
Sir Toby Belch
According to the Captain in Act 1, Scene 2, the shipwreck happened near this specific landmark where he saw Sebastian tie himself to a "strong mast" to stay afloat.
The rocks
After Sebastian and Antonio arrive in Illyria in Act 3, Scene 3, Sebastian decides to go see this specific local landmark while Antonio stays behind to avoid being recognized
Monuments
In Act 3, Scene 4, Olivia is so desperate to win over Cesario that she gives "him" this specific piece of jewelry containing her own picture.
Jeweled Locket.
In Act 2, Scene 2, after realizing Olivia is in love with her disguise, Viola gives a speech where she calls disguise this specific "wicked" thing.
Witchcraft