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     • Olivia is devastated by the death of her brother, and vows to mourn him for seven years. When she meets Cesario (Viola) and falls in love with him, she follows her heart and tries to start a relationship with him.
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   Why did Olivia fall in love with Orsino?

   • In Shakespeare’s time, a woman of Olivia’s social status would have been expected to marry to form the right alliances rather than for love. Orsino is described throughout the play as an attractive, wealthy and decent man, but Olivia is confident in her rejection of him. Instead she falls desperately in love with Orsino’s young servant 'Cesario'.

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   Why did Orsino abandon Olivia?

   • In Act I, Scene 4, for example, he describes Viola/Cesario’s lips as “smooth and rubious,” and he is quick to defend Cesario against Antonio’s accusations in Act V, Scene 1. This interest, along with Orsino’s general fickleness, helps explain why he abandons Olivia in favor of marrying Viola in the play’s final moments.

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   Will Orsino marry Olivia?

   • When the truth is revealed - that ‘Cesario’ is really Viola and has a twin brother called Sebastian - Orsino finally accepts that he will not marry Olivia. When Viola goes to work for Orsino as ‘Cesario’, Orsino quickly grows to trust her and enjoy her company. She quickly falls in love with him.

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   Does Olivia fall in love with Cesario (Viola)?

   • Although Olivia has been refusing visitors, she is intrigued by the description of Cesario (Viola) and agrees to meet him. Cesario (Viola) tells Olivia that Orsino loves her, but Olivia isn’t interested in Orsino. She quickly falls in love with Cesario (Viola), not realising his true identity.

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   Why does Olivia send Cesario back to Orsino?

   • Asking him about his parentage, she learns that Cesario comes from an aristocratic family (which, technically, is not a lie, since Viola’s family is noble). Olivia sends Cesario back to Orsino to tell him that Olivia still does not love him and never will.

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   Who does Olivia fall in love with?

   • Olivia, however, falls in love with ‘Cesario’ instead. She has a twin brother called Sebastian who she believes drowned in the shipwreck she herself survived. The Captain helps her to disguise herself as a young man called ‘Cesario’ and get a job in Orsino’s house. She is resilient and resourceful. She falls in love with Orsino.

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   This interest, along with Orsino’s general fickleness, helps explain why he abandons Olivia in favor of marrying Viola in the play’s final moments. Orsino’s lack of genuine emotion ultimately allows the narrative to resolve quickly and neatly.

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   What causes Olivia to fall in love with Cesario? Olivia falls in love with Cesario (Viola’s alter-ego) almost immediately, in spite of Cesario’s futile attempts to woo her on behalf of the duke.

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   She disguises herself as a boy and serves in the court of the governor of Illyria, Duke Orsino. Orsino takes a liking to his new servant ‘Cesario’ and sends him with messages of love to the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, falls in love with ‘Cesario’ instead. Facts we learn about Viola:

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   Olivia sends Cesario back to Orsino to tell him that Olivia still does not love him and never will. But she tells the young man to come back, if he wishes, and speak to her again about “how he [Orsino] takes it” (I.v. 252). Then, after Cesario leaves, she sends Malvolio after him with a ring—a token of her attraction to Cesario—that she ...

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   Orsino is described throughout the play as an attractive, wealthy and decent man, but Olivia is confident in her rejection of him. Instead she falls desperately in love with Orsino’s young servant 'Cesario'. A key question in exploring the character of Olivia is: Why is Olivia attracted to 'Cesario', not Orsino?

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   Loving. Olivia is devastated by the death of her brother, and vows to mourn him for seven years. When she meets Cesario (Viola) and falls in love with him, she follows her heart and tries to...

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   However, when she meets Cesario (Viola in her male costume) she falls in love and forgets these oaths. Olivia's mourning for her brother therefore resembles Orsino's love-melancholy: it seems more like a performance than a real, deeply felt emotion.