How Is Malvolio A Foolish Character

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Egotism has the ability to cloud one’s moral judgement and can therefore affect not only the individual, but an entire community as well. William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night introduces how deceit and trickery can cause a person to be so concerned with themselves, that they become oblivious to the consequences that can arise from their actions. Malvolio, a trusted and loyal servant to the Lady Olivia, falls victim to the jokes of others in the household due to his serious approach to life and opinion that there is no time for fun. Because of the jokes and mockery, he becomes preoccupied with winning the affection of Olivia and begins to hold himself in the highest esteem, making him unaware of the conflicts around him. Malvolio’s self-absorption

To conclude, Malvolio feels truly and sorely betrayed by all those in Olivia’s court, and simply masks his sadness and sense of betrayal with anger and hatred. After he is finally released from his imprisonment in the dungeon, he shouts, “I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you!” (Shakespeare v.i.401), covering his sadness. Through this experience, I think that Malvolio loses trust and the ability to trust those around him, and I believe that a life where one cannot trust another is a sad

Christian Yanes Mrs. Griest Honors English 10 April 13, 2015 MALVOLIO: THE CASE OF A HOPELESS LOVER “I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you” (Shakespeare). These are harsh words, and quite a dramatic way to egress a scene. Nevertheless, this line brings joy as they were indeed the words of the conceited and hypercritical Malvolio. He had become the biggest joke amidst Maria’s plot in the Twelfth Night, but did he deserve it? Malvolio was no novice in his job, and he executed it with the utmost strictness.

Disguise in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night has many purposes. Even though disguising one's gender is a common theme in Shakespeare, some say it is instates bonding and allows a way for it to happen. It is known that it is used as a necessity for survival. In Twelfth Night, Disguise and Identity is shown in feelings, appearances and decisions. Disguise is an occasionally seen force which drives one’s mind into believing in something unrealistic. Disguise and Identity get mixed up which causes confusion. Both factors are compared in the meaning of Truth.

In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Malvolio is considered an outcast by almost everyone in the play. He doesn’t act the same way that any of the other characters act, in that he doesn’t participate in any of their activities, he enforces rules that the others could care less about, and he is just overall a socially awkward guy. Malvolio not only claims to adhere to the rules of the household himself, but uses his relations with Olivia to try and help make the others follow the rules as well. This upsets certain characters more than others. For instance Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Maria find his behavior particularly detestable. But Malvolio’s strict coherence to the rules allows him to have a rather high position in Olivia’s household.

Malvolio?s conceitedness was broken and then he sees that he did not truly love Olivia, but was only flattered that he had been loved by someone so beautiful and young.

In Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, there are many characters that are greatly disliked by others, many would say Malvolio is the most disliked due to his profound attributes. Malvolio is Lady Olivia’s steward and his ego, gullibility and egotism cause him to be mistreated and greatly disliked. Malvolio’s egotism is portrayed throughout the play because it is a trait that affects him constantly. His gullibility is mostly seen during the major prank that is played on him. Malvolio’s sternness is demonstrated throughout the whole entire play as well,but it especially seen while Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are having their usual drunken nights and Malvolio will not put up with it. Malvolio’s egotistical, gullible and stern personality cause him to be justly abused and easily disliked by others.

Malvolio is considered the antagonist of the play and he experiences vain love. Malvolio is the head servant for Olivia and is also the messenger for her. He enjoys interrupting and criticizing others for their behavior or actions. His careless and rude demeanor led to being despised by the other characters such as Maria. Maria schemes a brilliant plan to bamboozle Malvolio. She forges a note impostering Olivia and leaves it for Malvolio to discover. The note intrigues him and makes him want to impress Olivia.

King Lear's fool is undoubtedly one of the wisest characters in the play. He is not only able to accurately analyze a situation which many other characters are blind to, but he is also able to foreshadow the actions of many characters and many other incidents to come. The main instruction the fool gives to the king is to beware of doing things that are unnatural, such as giving his inheritance, (splitting his kingdom among his daughters) to his daughters before he his dead. By doing this unnaturally, Lear must face many adverse consequences, such as losing his identity, self-worth, and respect from his daughters.

In Shakespeare’s play, Malvolio and Maria both wish to do this; one by courting Olivia, and the other by trying to get closer to Sir Toby. The main difference between the two characters is Malvolio’s self-adulation and lust for power in comparison of Maria’s cleverness and her willingness to put her immediate wants aside to ultimately satisfy her craving for a better social standing at a later time. Malvolio’s immediate addiction to power and wish to get revenge on others overcomes any will he could have to play a part to access a higher social status.

In the later part of the play a different side of him is exposed. Malvolio is Olivia’s steward and his job is to manage Olivia’s house; he is her chief servant. It’s a very responsible job that he takes very seriously. He enjoys telling people what to do.

Maria and the conspirators decide to mislead Malvolio into thinking that Olivia is in love with him. Maria decides to lead him on by writing a letter, but means to be from Olivia. This love letter is meant to instruct Malvolio to do actions that Olivia despises. Maria is able to mislead Malvolio because she has the same print and seal as Olivia. Shakespeare is able to trick the characters and create many portrayals of them.

Malvolio is a social climber, he feels that if Olivia would love him his status would be higher. But because of

himself just to suit his outlook on the situation. For example, the play he twists Olivia's words around to make it seem like she likes his yellow cross-gartered tights when in reality she dislikes them. Sir Toby just considers himself and no one else, not even his companions. He ignores Maria's notification about drinking into the night, and he continues to push Sir Andrew and Olivia to court. Even though he believes that Sir Andrew doesn't have a chance. Olivia considers the all-inclusive community around her, yet she furthermore assumes that no man is meriting her brilliance. She assumes that she is "all that," and that no one can organize her. For Shakespeare to incorporate this sort of just a single was most likely to demonstrate that Malvolio who thinks excessively of himself isn't right about Olivia cherishing him.