In William Shakespeare’s the Twelfth Night many characters change from the beginning of the play to the end and one can learn about the character’s behavior through that play. Viola is a great example of this as she grows as a character and has many effects on other characters in the play like Orsino and Olivia, but characters also affect her, like Sir Toby and Olivia, again. Viola shows through this play that she is character who can make mistakes and gain from them and has matured mentally than some of her other peers, but also that she cannot hide her stature in society as shown through her actions and speech, though often, these actions come from her motivation of the death of her brother. Viola, a major character in the Twelfth Night, changes in different ways from Act I to Act V. For example, she stands up to Olivia’s advances more as she goes throughout the play. In Act I Scene 5, Olivia is telling Viola …show more content…
For example, when Sir Toby comes back from being beaten up by Sebastian because of the duel that he had with Cesario, he accuses Cesario of beating him up, which did not happen, but neither Viola or Sebastian knew the other was alive, therefore not able to communicate that. This puts a strain on Cesario’s relationship with characters like Orsino and Olivia, because as Orsino finds out that she’s been dueling beating people up, but at the same time also managed to marry Olivia, he dismisses Viola to get ready to kill him This also shows Viola’s effect on the plot, because here she is the one causing the confusion amidst the them because of her disguise as Cesario, for example “He has broke my head across and given Sir Toby a bloody coxcomb too,” Sir Andrew is now accusing Cesario of being Sebastian, therefore causing the confusion to escalate and in the end forcing her hand in revealing that she’s a woman (5.1.,