Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a comedic play. In the play characters do things that are unusual. This is most likely where the title comes from. The twelfth night was the last night of Christmas where people used to dress up as others and act out of the ordinary. In the play a female character, Olivia, dresses up as a male. This and other out of the ordinary situations come up in the novel.
             In act 1 scene 1 Orsino enters and states his love for Viola, a noble woman in Illyria. He refuses to hunt and orders musicians to entertain him while he thinks about his desire for Olivia. His servant Valentine reminds him that Olivia does not return his love or even listen to the messages he sends her. W find out that Olivia can not love because she in mourning for he brother who died abruptly. Olivia will be in mourning for 7 years. In act 1 scene 2 we find out that there has been a shipwreck just off the island of Illyria and a girl named Viola has been found but her brother, Sebastian has been lost in the storm. Viola than realizes that she needs to find a way to survive in a different land.
             In act 2 scene 1 we meet two new characters. Antonio and Sebastian are their names. Antonio is the person who saved Sebastian after the shipwreck. Antonio has become very fond of Sebastian and gives him money and a place to stay. Sebastian who is Violas twin meets a lot of people who think they know him but do not. In the following scene Malvolio gives a ring to Viola who is still dressed as Cesario. The ring had belonged to Olivia but she gives it to Cesario to make him come back. Malvolio gets mad and throws the ring onto the ground. When Viola picks up the ring she realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with Cesario. In line 24 "Poor lady, she were better love a dream".
             In act 3 scene 1 Cesario shows up at the house of Olivia to tell her that Orsino loves her. In this scene Cesario meets the Fool, Andre...