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Olivia is Noble and Orsino is not in "Twelfth Night"
Summary: Orsino, despite appearances, is not noble in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." He is self-indulgent and self-pitying from the start. Olivia, on the other hand, shows flaws, but is a very tolerant and perceptive woman who stands up for what is right.
Orsino was not noble in "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare. We only catch glimpses that he has redeeming qualities. However, I agree to a large extent that Olivia is essentially good and noble.
Orsino from the beginning did not act in the noblest way. In the opening scene, Orsino starts off as self indulged and self-pitying from the first sentence he speaks. He wants his "appetite" to "sicken, and so die" from music. We can see that he is consumed by infatuation, as his speech is affectedly rich, rather artificial and flowery. He sounds very pretentious and insincere when it comes to the topic of love that we wonder whether he is just in love with the idea of being in love. He was also very unsympathetic towards Olivia when he found that she would grieve for her brother for seven years. Instead, he imagined how she would...
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