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1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › twelfthnightTwelfth Night Act II: Scene v Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

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   Jubilantly, Malvolio vows to do all these things in order to show Olivia that he loves her in return. After Malvolio leaves, Sir Toby remarks that he “could marry this wench [Maria] for this device. . . . And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest” (II.v. 158–160). Maria then rejoins the men, and she, Sir Toby, and Fabian have ...

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   Hiding in the tree, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Fabian try to suppress their laughter, as Malvolio fantasizes about how wonderful it would be to marry Olivia and become a count. Suddenly, Malvolio breaks off: he has caught sight of the letter that Maria planted in his path.

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   Viola realizes Olivia's game after Malvolio leaves: "She loves me, sure; the cunning of her passion. Invites me in this churlish messenger" (II.ii21-22). Olivia explains her purposes behind...

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   Then, after Cesario leaves, she sends Malvolio after him with a ring—a token of her attraction to Cesario—that she pretends Cesario left with her. Olivia, to her own surprise, finds that she has fallen passionately in love with young Cesario.

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   Olivia, who sent a servant after the departing Viola (disguised as Cesario) to persuade him to return, tries to figure out how to woo him to love her. Feeling suddenly melancholy, Olivia sends for Malvolio because she wants someone solemn and sad to help with her strategy.

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   In her first encounter with Olivia, Viola comically alternates between an apparently prepared eulogy – Most radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable beauty (line 141) – and the deflating commentary of I would be loath to cast away my speech (lines 142–3) as if she is not addressing it to the right woman. She is not quite disrespectful with ...

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   How does viola realize Olivia's game after Malvolio leaves?

   • Viola realizes Olivia's game after Malvolio leaves: Invites me in this churlish messenger" (II.ii21-22). Olivia explains her purposes behind sending Malvolio with the ring to Cesario in the following passage: "Give me leave, beseech you. I did send, Which you knew none of yours" (III.ii.109-115).

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   What is the confusing scene between Malvolio and viola?

   • The confusing scene between Malvolio and Viola happens after "Cesario" has just met with Olivia (II.ii). Olivia uses Malvolio as a pawn in a trick to get Cesario to come back and talk with her again another day.

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   Why did Olivia send Malvolio?

   • Olivia, who sent a servant after the departing Viola (disguised as Cesario) to persuade him to return, tries to figure out how to woo him to love her. Feeling suddenly melancholy, Olivia sends for Malvolio because she wants someone solemn and sad to help with her strategy. But when Malvolio appears, he behaves very strangely.

   Twelfth Night Act III: Scene iv Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   What does viola tell Olivia about Orsino?

   • For instance, Viola tells Olivia that Orsino loves her “ [w]ith adorations, fertile tears, / With groans that thunder love, with sighs of fire” (I.v. 274–275). Courtly ideals are also reflected in Viola’s “willow cabin” speech in Act I, scene v (lines 237–245), in which she tells Olivia what she would do if she were the one trying to court Olivia.

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   Is Malvolio really in love with Olivia?

   • Malvolio is convinced—in spite of Olivia’s apparent bewilderment—that he is correct in his surmises and that Olivia is really in love with him. But when Sir Toby, Fabian, and Maria come to see him, they pretend to be certain that he is possessed by the devil.

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   How does Viola make Olivia pay attention to her?

   • Viola, disguised as Cesario, is let in to see Olivia. Viola begins to deliver the love speech that Orsino gave her, but Olivia refuses to hear the memorized speech. Viola is eloquent enough to make Olivia pay attention to her, though, as she praises Olivia’s great beauty and virtues to the skies.

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   While this scene does not advance the plot, it does show us how intricately Viola is caught up in the entanglement. She suddenly realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with an exterior facade — and not with the inner person.