Twelfth_Night

Twelfth Night Twelfth Night: Counterpoint The theme of counter point engulfs the play the Twelfth Night. The story begins and ends on the axis of counterpoints. This theme is apparent throughout the cast and story line. In Illyria, a nobleman named Orsino lies depressed longing for the love of a noblewoman Lady Olivia. Orsino cannot have her because she is in mourning for her dead brother and father and refuses to be married during her mourning period of seven years. This is the first great obstacle in the story, which is presented, in terms of counter point. The other does not return the love of one. In the meantime, off the coast, a storm has caused a terrible shipwreck. A young, woman of noble parentage named Viola is swept onto the Illyrian shore. Finding herself alone in, Illyria, she assumes that her twin brother, Sebastian, has been drowned in the wreck. This will later become a major pin of the counter point in the play but as it is this becomes a lose end to be tied up. Faced with the believed death of her brother and her newfound poverty she tries to figure out what sort of work she can do. A friendly sea olivia, cesario, viola, orsino, sebastian, sir, toby, point, story, malvolio, love, loves, herself, counter, orsino's, olivia's, man, however, brother, antonio, andrew, work, woman, thinking, out, off, married, maria, letter, illyria, been, alive, after, young, way, think