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Which of these themes is central to Twelfth Night? A.vanity B.love C.reconciliation D. revenge

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B. Love

In the play, all of the main characters are twisted in plots that all go around the central theme of love in Twelfth Night.

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The correct answer is B.

The main theme of Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," is love.

At the begining, we are presented with many cases of unrequired love:

  • Orsino is in love with and wishes to marry Lady Olivia, a noble woman who is mourning her dead brother.
  • Viola, disguised as Cesario, falls in love with Orsino, but cannot act on it because Orsino belives her to be a man.
  • Lady Olivia, not knowing that he is actually a woman, falls in love with Cesario.

However, at the end of the play, all of the characters' love is requited:

  • Upon discovering Cesario is actually Viola, he realizes that he is in love with her.
  • Lady Olivia falls in love with Sebastian, Viola's twin brother and ask him to marry her.
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