Analysis of the Characters of Sir Toby Belch, Maria, Feste Fabian and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the Comedy Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Essay

William shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is a comedy in which customary practices are subverted and misrule is soverign. Within this comedy there exsists five characters who exemplify this upside down world and fuel one of Shakespeares most humorous subplots. These characters are Sir Toby Belch, Maria, Feste Fabian and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. As individuals these characters are unique but when put together they make up the unruliest gang of pranksters ever to enter Illyria. Sir Toby Belch, uncle to countess Olivia is the most outspoken of the rogues. He is a drunk, and often takes advantage of his kindship to Olivia. He is the frequent trouble-maker, always causing some scene or commotion. He is supposed to have duties within the court but rarely does he carry them out and his greatest concern is with drinking and having fun. Sir toby also refuses to take Olivia's mouring for her dead brother seriously."What a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thus?"(1.2) He wants his friend, Sir Aguecheek, to woe her. This is out of the question, however. The main plight of Sir Belch is to get rid of Malvolio, Olivia's pompass steward. Toby hates him and is sick of his tattling and pretentious nature. So being the gangleader of the other four, he gets everyone involved in his plan. Sir Andrew Aguecheek is a companion of Belch. he is not very intellegent and often times quite ludicrous. He is definitely not someone to Olivia's liking, and his hopeless pursuit of her, subjects him to many indignities. Becuae of his nature, Sir Toby finds it very easy to take advantage of Sir Andrew and does so whenever it suits him. A perfect example of this type of foolery occurs in Act 3,Scene 2. In this scene Sir Andrew is beginnig to realize that Olivia is out of his reach and in love with Cesario but Sir Toby wants him...

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