Disguises

Making it What You Will Shakespeares Twelfth Nights subtitle, What You Will, entices the thought that you rear make the play what youd like it to be. The audience isnt the only group that gets to change the shape of the play however. by means of disguises and false identities, the characters in the play are able to alter the play in an attempt to contact their needs. Viola does this successfully by using her disguise as a servant to get crocked and personal with Orsino, who she would not gain been close to norm every(prenominal)y. Sir Andrews guise on the other hand, doesnt work as wholesome as hed hoped.His attempts to cloak his true Joking, fun-loving personality with a mask of machismo. His disguise ends up turning Olivia off, kind of of on. For both these characters, their attempts to change who they are, and make the play what they will, work to reconstruct the p diffuse of the play. Violas pursuit at contracting Orsinos eye was easily done once her disguise abled her to get close to him. Without her disguise, she would be viewed as expert another woman trying to compete for Orsinos love, which he proclaims is only for Olivia. In act 2, cene v, Orsino opens up to Cesario, his swear confidant.He talks to Cesario and tells him all about how he views love. He explains to Cesario that, For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more(prenominal) giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than womens are, (II, iv 30-34). This helps Viola, as shes able to understand that men, especially Orsino, have wavering affections towards women, so she should not worry about his love for Olivia. Without her ability to get Orsino to confide in her, she wouldnt really know what to do or how to act owards him.Gaining this information, shes able to act on it in a way that completely alters the play. Sir Andrew tries instead to b act how he thinks Olivia would like him to. He expects that she, like all other women, is attracted to a macho, strong man. However, he couldnt be more wrong. He tries to seduce her this way for the volume of the play until he eventually learns that has been the thing that has scared her away from him the whole time. It isnt until he challenges Viola to a duel that he realizes hes sunk to deep and his chances with Olivia are over.Had Sir Andrew actually gone along with whom he was, he may have had a better chance with Olivia. He couldVe negated the whole love triangle by taking Olivia out of the game, but he altered the plot in a way which he couldnt do that. Both of the characters try to disguise themselves to improve their chances with their lovers. While it works for Viola, who finds out a lot about Orsino, it doesnt work for Sir Andrew who only scares Olivia away. Whether they were successful or not, the two of them altered the plot of the play by trying to make it What You Will. Disguises By therealestging