Concerning on this scene, we know that the most confusing part of the play that is Viola disguised her as a boy called himself Cesario. If Viola isn’t a ‘boy’. Orsino won’t employ him as a servant to send message to Olivia. Olivia would not have fallen in love with Cesario. Viola wouldn’t work in Orsino’s Court; she wouldn’t meet her twin brother, Sebastian In the court. If Viola hasn’t disguised herself as a boy, there won’t be so many misunderstandings at the end of the play. This is to make some questions and misunderstand to solve for the rest of the play.
Scene three shifts the attention to Olivia’s house when her uncle,, sir Toby belch complaining about his niece mourning her brother’s death. A new set of characters is introduced and the play moves from a co mantic world to a funny part. Sir Andrew aguecheek has also fallen in love with Olivia competing with Duke Orsino. He knows he’s hopeless so he decides to go home, sir Toby belch persuade him to stay for one more month. For the Elizabethan audience, the most hilarious part of this scene is the tricks played on the puritan, Malvolio. They enjoy watching him being played by harsh joke. The harsher, the happier they are.
If Sir Andrew Aguecheek had already gone home, sir Toby belch, Maria and Sir Andrew would not have played tricks on Malvolio. This is very funny part of the play. In the scene, we know that sir Toby and Maria are friends. This prepares the marriage at the end of the play.
Scene 4 is the first time we see Viola dressed as a boy, called Cesario. He becomes Orsino favourite as soon as he works in his court. Orsino sent Cesario to Olivia on his behalf. He told Cesario all his secrets. He sent Cesario to Olivia to tell he loves her, because Orsino thinks Olivia will listen to him. He always says that Cesario acts and sounds like a woman more than a man, so Olivia will listen to him. At the end of this scene, we know that Cesario is nearly in love with the Duke.
I think this bit is a joke. Orsino doesn’t know that Cesario really is a girl, but the Elizabethan audience does. This scene carried out another confusing love. Orsino loves Olivia, Cesario loves Orsino. This make the Elizabethan audience very interested to know what will happen next. The situation is very attractive.
Scene five, two new main comedy characters are introduced. They are Feste and Malvolio. Malvolio is a puritan who the Elizabethan audience hates the most. Malvolio insulted Feste as a fool. Cesario comes to Olivia’s court with Orsino’s message. Olivia then falls in love with Cesario which even makes the complicated relationship more complicated. When Maria wrote the fake letter to Malvolio and asked him to dress on yellow stockings, the Elizabethan audience must be very happy.
At the end of Act one, Orsino loves Olivia who loves Cesario (Viola) who secretly loves Orsino. We find out about Olivia’s capacity for se;d-deception in the rapid way she forgets her rows and allows herself to becomes so attractive to Cesario. This problem provides the impetus for the rest of the plot and its resolution. It creates a basic dramatic irony in which the Elizabethan audience knows more than the characters and the enthusiasm to know what will happen at the rest of the play.
This scene carried out the personality of the nasty character, Malvolio who is a puritan who the Elizabethan audience hates the most. The scene tells us that Malvolio is a really rude and bossy steward, which led to Maria, sir Toby and Air Andrew play tricks on him. Feste pretends to be a priest when Malvolio is in the Black Hole to play even more tricks on him which the Elizabethan audience loves to see. This will make them happy and will make them want to see more. If Malvolio wasn’t so nasty, they wouldn’t have played tricks on him. The Elizabethan audience won’t find it funny at all and won’t be interested for the rest of the play.
Act one prepared the Elizabethan audience the rest of the play very well. It provided the foundation of the whole play. The Elizabethan audience will watch the Act one first to see if it is interesting in order to watch the whole play. Act one contains five scenes, small to the tricks played on Malvolio, Large to the complicated triangular love between Orsino, Viola, Olivia and Cesario. Act one is really important to the Elizabethan audience for the rest of the play.