This document provides character summaries for William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. It describes the main characters including Viola, who is shipwrecked and disguises herself as a man named Cesario, and Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario without realizing Viola is actually a woman. The themes of the play involve love and suffering, as many characters fall victim to love-related troubles.

2. William Shakespeare
From the Director

3. Theme of Twelfth Night
Love as a cause of suffering
William Shakespeare convey to love is can made the pain. Many of the
characters in the story there are a victim of love.
Love is cannot win everything

4. The Character

5. VIOLA
A young woman of aristocratic birth, and the
play’s protagonist. Washed up on the shore of
Illyria when her ship is wrecked in a storm.
Character
This is the identical twin of Sebastian
undertakings , she disguises herself as a
man name Cesario .

6. ORSINO
A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria.
Orsino is lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia.
Character
He fall in love Olivia the beautiful lady

7. OLIVIA
A wealthy, beautiful, and noble Illyrian lady,
Olivia is courted by Orsino and Sir Andrew
Aguecheek
Character
she insists that she is in mourning for her
brother, who has recently died, and will not
marry for seven years.

8. SABASTIEN
Character
Viola’s lost twin brother. When he arrives in
Illyria, traveling with Antonio, his close friend
and protector
Sebastian is not as well rounded a character
as his sister. He seems to exist to take on the
role that Viola

9. MARIA
Character
Olivia’s clever, daring young waiting-
gentlewoman. Maria is remarkably similar to
her antagonist,
Maria succeeds where Malvolio fails—
perhaps because she is a woman

10. SIR TOBY
Character
Olivia’s uncle. Olivia lets Sir Toby Belch live with
her, but she does not approve of his rowdy
behavior
Sir Toby also earns the ire of Malvolio. But Sir
Toby has an ally, and eventually a mate, in
Olivia’s sharp-witted waiting-gentlewoman,

11. SIR ANDREW
Character
A friend of Sir Toby’s. Sir Andrew Aguecheek
attempts to court Olivia, but he doesn’t stand a
chance
He thinks that he is witty, brave, young, and
good at languages and dancing, but he is
actually an idiot

12. MALVOLIO
Character
The straitlaced steward—or head servant—in
the household of Lady Olivia.
Malvolio is very efficient but also very self-
righteous, and he has a poor opinion of
drinking, singing, and fun

13. FESTI
Character
The clown, or fool, of Olivia’s household, Feste
moves between Olivia’s and Orsino’s homes.
He earns his living by making pointed jokes,
singing old songs, being generally witty, and
offering good advice cloaked under a layer of
foolishness.

14. FABIEN
Character
Fabian is a member of Olivia’s household who
has lost that lady’s favor due to Malvolio’s
telling her about a bear-baiting Fabian was
involved with
.
he joins in the plot to make a fool of the
steward. He also helps Sir Toby keep control of
Sir Andrew. Apparently a natural prankster
.

15. ANTONIO
Character
A man who rescues Sebastian after his
shipwreck. Antonio has become very fond of
Sebastian,
caring for him, accompanying him to Illyria,
and furnishing him with money—all because
of a love so strong that it seems to be
romantic in nature

18. She is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria.

20. Then…
she enter to Illyria and disguise to
be a man name Cesario.

21. Olivia fall in love with Cesario but in fact Cesario is
woman.This situation bring about to problem of this story.