3/1/2024 0 Comments Breaking the quiet part 3![]() In conversation about the capacities for love in men and in women, Viola expresses her love for Orsino through a story about “Cesario’s sister.” Orsino becomes curious about this sister’s fate, but then turns back to his own longings and sends Cesario once again to visit Olivia. Act 2, scene 4 Orsino asks for a song to relieve his love-longing.In retaliation, Maria plots to trap Malvolio with a forged letter that will persuade him that Olivia loves him. Maria comes in to quiet them, followed by Malvolio, who orders them to behave or be dismissed from the house. Act 2, scene 3 At Olivia’s estate, Toby, Andrew, and the Fool hold a late night party.Viola, alone, realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario and understands that Orsino, Olivia, and Viola/Cesario are now in a love triangle that she is helpless to resolve. Act 2, scene 2 Malvolio finds the disguised Viola and “returns” the ring.Antonio, the sailor who saved him, follows him, even though Antonio risks his own life to do so. ![]() Act 2, scene 1 A young gentleman named Sebastian, who has recently been saved from a shipwreck in which his sister has been lost, sets off for Orsino’s court.She sends her steward, Malvolio, after Cesario with a ring. As Cesario presents Orsino’s love-suit, Olivia falls in love with Cesario. Olivia allows Cesario to speak with her privately about Orsino’s love. Act 1, scene 5 Viola, in her disguise as Cesario, appears at Olivia’s estate.Viola confides to the audience that she loves Orsino herself. Act 1, scene 4 At Orsino’s court, Viola, disguised as a page and calling herself Cesario, has gained the trust of Orsino, who decides to send her to woo Olivia for him.Maria, Olivia’s lady-in-waiting, says that Andrew is a fool, and Andrew himself doubts his ability to win Olivia, but Toby encourages him to woo her. Act 1, scene 3 At the estate of Lady Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman, has brought in Sir Andrew Aguecheek to be her suitor.Viola decides to disguise herself as a boy so that she can join Orsino’s male retinue. She wishes to join Olivia’s household, but is told that Olivia will admit no one into her presence. Act 1, scene 2 On the Adriatic seacoast, Viola, who has been saved from a shipwreck in which her brother may have drowned, hears about Orsino and Olivia.Act 1, scene 1 At his court, Orsino, sick with love for the Lady Olivia, learns from his messenger that she is grieving for her dead brother and refuses to be seen for seven years. ![]() Malvolio, blaming Olivia and others for his humiliation, vows revenge. When, finally, Sebastian and Viola appear together, the puzzles around the mistaken identities are solved: Cesario is revealed as Viola, Orsino asks for Viola’s hand, Sebastian will wed Olivia, and Viola will marry Count Orsino. Olivia, meanwhile, mistakes Sebastian for Cesario and declares her love. When Viola, as Cesario, is challenged to a duel, Antonio mistakes her for Sebastian, comes to her aid, and is arrested. Malvolio is tricked into making a fool of himself, and he is locked in a dungeon as a lunatic.In the meantime, Sebastian has been rescued by a sea captain, Antonio. A confrontation between Olivia’s steward, Malvolio, and the partying Toby and his cohort leads to a revenge plot against Malvolio. Viola, in the meantime, has fallen in love with Orsino.At the estate of Lady Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman, has brought in Sir Andrew Aguecheek to be her suitor. Viola goes into service with Count Orsino of Illyria, disguised as a young man, “Cesario.” Orsino sends Cesario to woo the Lady Olivia on his behalf, but Olivia falls in love with Cesario.
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