Orsino (Twelfth Night)
| Dukey Orsino | |
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 1850 painting showing Viola as Cesario looking longingly at Duke Orsino.[1] | |
| Creator | William Shakespeare |
| Play | The Twelfth Night |
| Source | Twelfth Night |
| Role | Major character |
Duke Orsino is a fictional character from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, believed to have been written around 1600 or 1601.
Story
Orsino is Duke of Illyria. a powerful nobleman. Orsino is a bachelor, lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia, but finds himself becoming more and more fond of his handsome new page boy, Cesario, who is actually Viola, the daughter of a nobleman who knew Duke Orsino. Viola falls in love with Orsino, despite continuing to plead his case to Olivia. But then Olivia, under the impression that Viola was Cesario, falls in love with her. Later when Viola's twin brother Sebastian comes to Illyria, he is mistaken as Cesario by Olivia and is asked to marry her, to which he agrees. At the end of the play, when the confusion around the mistaken identities of Viola and her twin Sebastian is resolved, and Orsino comes to know Viola's true identity, he agrees to take Viola as his wife.
Sources
References
- ↑ Walter Howell Deverell, Twelfth Night (1850), Emory University, 2003, retrieved 2009-05-13
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