 Duke Orsino loves Lady Olivia. But Lady Olivia is in mourning for her brother, so doesn’t want anything to do with
Orsino. |
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| Viola is shipwrecked and is washed ashore to
Illyria. She thinks her brother has been drowned. |
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| Viola finds out about Duke Orsino and decides to disguise herself as a man to get a job. |
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| When Viola meets Duke
Orsino, she falls in love with him, but can do nothing as she doesn’t want to give away her disguise. |
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| We meet Sir Toby Belch (Olivia’s uncle), Maria (Olivia’s maid) and Andrew Aguecheek (Belch’s ‘friend’ who is in love with Olivia). Sir Toby Belch uses Aguecheek for money. |
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| In her disguise Viola calls herself
Cesario. Her first job is to deliver a message to Olivia for Duke
Orsino. Olivia isn’t interested in the message, but is interested in
Cesario. |
