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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, is a rich comedy delving into the innate human desire for love. Each character within the play has their own ideal view of what true love is, but Shakespeare uses these characters merely as vessels for a larger insight into society as a whole. No person wants what they can truly have, but rather, what they cannot. Within this play, what the characters want is not always for the purest reasoning, but instead what will allow them self gain. Shakespeare conveys a cryptic portrayal of romance where his characters are masochists, and his theme is self advancement. Through Duke Orinso, Countess Olivia, and steward Malvolio, these themes are exemplified most.
When the reader is first introduced to Duke Orinso, he is accounting the first time he laid eyes upon the lady Olivia. Through the use of language, the Duke speaks of a love that he wishes he could be full of and die away, "If music be the food of love, play on / Give me excess of it, that,......

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