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. Why did Viola disguise herself as a man?

So she could escape from the Captain
So she could protect Orsino from Olivia
O so she could find employment
So she could find someone to love

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Answer: So she could find employment

Step-by-step explanation:

In the play, ''Twelfth Night '' by William Shakespeare, Viola was shipwrecked and rescued but was now in a foreign land. She therefore needed a way to support herself and so needed employment.

In order to get over gender barriers to employment, she disguised herself as a man and picked the name Cessario to enter into the service of Duke Orsino, who rules Illyria.

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