Orsino is nothing more than a romantic fool.

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Junyue Wang

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Orsino Is Nothing More Than A Romantic Fool

What is a romantic fool?  A romantic fool is someone falls in love easily and quickly without thinking. A romantic fool is someone who is in love with the idea of being in love. A romantic fool is someone who is determined and persistent and will not give up trying till they win over the person they love. A romantic fool is someone who always believes love - just like Orsino.

Orsino is one of the main characters in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night (or What You Will). He is the Duke of Illyria and he falls in love with Olivia - a rich countess. After I read this play, the impression that Olivia gives me is that he is such a romantic fool.

Many people do not think of Orsino is a romantic fool, even some characters in the play. For example, in Act 1 scene 2, when the captain and Viola are on the ship, the captain describes Orsino as 'a noble duke, in nature as in name,'

The play doesn't show very clearly that Orsino is a romantic fool when there are two biggest fools throughout the play - Sir Andrew and Sir Toby. Unlike Orsino, these two have enough qualities of fool but not romantic fool. Sir Andrew is stupid. In Act 1 scene 3, when Sir Toby tells Sir Andrew to greet Maria, ' Accost, Sir Andrew, Accost', Sir Andrew doesn't understand what does 'Accost' means and he thinks it is the name of Maria, 'Good Mistress accost, I desire better acquaintance.' Sir Toby is an alcoholic and is always fooling around. In Act scene 3 Sir Toby is drunk and singing and messing around after midnight. 'Approach, Sir Andrew, not to be a-bed after midnight is to be up bedtimes.' So throughout the whole play, they are not shown as romantic fools, they are a jolly pair of people who enjoy a good time.

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Orsino is a romantic person. He does some romantic thing such as sending Olivia a poetic letter to declare his feeling about her. 'The element itself, till seven years' heat, shall not behold her fact at ample view.' Although Olivia has already told Orsino that she will not love for seven years but he refuses to take no for an answer and keeps trying and trying to win her love.

Orsino is a fool. He uses poetic and lyrical language like the two fools in the play - Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew ...

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