What Happened To Malvolio In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

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What happened to Malvolio is something that often happens to everyone else, a simple mistake of thinking something is what it actually isn't. We all react the same way too, being in shock, disbelief, and dumbfounded. Things can turned out too good to be true for Malvolio but he still managed to trick himself into believing a lie even a fool could see through.
Malvolio believes that Olivia wrote him a love letter but in reality the letter was written by Toby, Andrew, Fabian, and Maria in order to play a trick on him. When it comes to his monologue he immediately sounds dumbfounded. Malvolio is a very materialistic man, the only reason he wishes to marry Olivia is for him to raise his rank he does not want to marry Olivia out of love but because he is a selfish man. This is the reason to why he is dumbfounded, he just can't believe that what he wants most in the world is actually happening. He starts to convince himself that …show more content…

This being the main reason as to why Toby, Maria, Andrew, and Fabian played a trick on him. The letter that “Olivia wrote” told about the man she wants Malvolio to be, one that smiles a lot. This is something Malvolio is not very fond of but because he wants to please Olivia he will do anything in order for them to get married. “ I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintances, I will be point-devise the very man” (2.V.146-148) It is not normal for servants to go on and be proud enough to read politic authors or to humiliate others of a higher rank. It seems as if Malvolio wants to impress Olivia in order to get her approval and marry her soon. We can also see the irony in how Malvolio and Olivia love story is the same as the main story going on they serve as entertainment for the rest of the

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