Scene Quote Analysis 1VIOLAI will do my best to woo your lady—(aside) Yet, a bitter conflict—Whom I woo, I myself would be his wife. (1.4.40-42)After Duke Orsino asks Cesario (disguised as Viola) to make Olivia love him, despite the fact that she had declared that she would not marry for seven years due to her sadness over her brother's death, Cesario tells him he says “I will do my best to woo your lady. Then Viola tells the audience "(Aside) again, an absurd conflict: whoever I woo, I myself would be his wife", meaning that she must convince another woman to love the man she loves. The exchange of words in this scene exemplifies dramatic irony as the reader now knows that a road of love has formed connecting Duke Orsino, Viola, and Olivia while Orsino has no idea of the situation. Situational irony can also be eliminated from this conversation because it is shocking that Viola is in love with Orsino. Viola's sudden love for Orsino illustrates a universal truth about life that sometimes people fall in love too quickly without thinking much about the future. OLIVIA Your tongue, your face, your limbs, your actions and your spirit, give you the coat of arms five times. Not too fast! Very quietly! Unless the master wasn't man. And now? Can you get the plague even that quickly? (1.5.293-296)After Olivia has her first conversation with Cesario (Viola), where he tries to woo her to Duke Orsino, she immediately falls in love with him. After Cesario leaves her palace, Olivia says to herself: "Your tongue, your face, your limbs, your actions and your spirit give you the blazon fivefold." Not too fast; soft, soft. Unless the master wasn't man. And now? Can you get the plague even that quickly?' Here Olivia states that it is Cesario's external characteristics that attract her. His metaphor contains a s...... middle of paper... But rather reason so with reason chained. Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. (3.1.151-158) Finally, Olivia officially tells Viola (Caesario) that she loves him after Viola delivers another message to Olivia. Olivia tells Caesario that she has been in love with him since the first time she saw him and that she can't hold him back anymore. She doesn't care what her society would think of her if she fell in love with a person not of her class. The reader knows that Viola is not interested in Olivia at all since she is in love with Orsino. Lady Olivia's love for Caesario illustrates a universal truth about life that when someone is in love, they will do whatever it takes to prove to the other person that they love them. They are willing to sacrifice everything they have for their love. In this case, Olivia is sacrificing her social status and reputation.
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