How does Shakespeare resolve the problems he creates in the play "Twelfth Night"?

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How does Shakespeare resolve the problems he creates in the play?

In The play “Twelfth Night” Shakespeare resolves the problems he creates in the play In a variety of ways. Twelfth Night is a traditional Shakespearean comedy, full of confusion, disguised identity and a ending where most of the main characters marry one another these includes…Olivia, Sebastain, Sir Toby and Maria end up marrying, Orsino, Viola

Although the date is unknown when the play was written it was first preferred in 1602. It is not really what we call comedy in relation to what we call comedy today. At the time it would have been consider as a comedy because the kinds of things it was about.

Viola is one of the main characters in the play and her problems start at the very beginning. She is ship wrecked; she wants to hide away from being recognized and needs money. Shakespeare solves this problem for her straight away by sending her to work as a servant for Orison. Act 1 Scene2 she asks the sea captain for help

“Conceal me what I am, and be my aid. For such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent, ill serve this duke.”

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She faces the next problem almost straight away Orsino gets Cesario to go to Olivia and get her to go out with him but Fancied by Olivia although she is really a woman a woman, In Act 2 Scene 2 she says to Olivia:

“For she did speak In starts distractedly she loves me sure;”

This problem is not solved to the end of the play when Sebastian (Viola/ Cesario’s twin brother) meets Olivia and without knowing her marries her freeing his sister from upset and obligation when her true identity is known. Sebstain says

“I’ll follow this ...

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