By: Bryan Coates Due Date: April 9, 2014 By: Katherine Gottli Course: DART 2F94 Assignment: Final Essay Love has been considered one of the most complex topics in today's society, as do you know?; love is generally represented in today's society as something irresistible, spontaneous and overwhelming. It is described as something dangerous and that can destroy a person and not only bring hope in someone's life, it is also shown in society that it is very difficult to get rid of love, where do you see all these examples? Even if you are not wrong, since you suggest that they are seen in society, you have to say where you can see these examples of love. There are many, many ways that love is shown in many, many places - are you using specific examples for reference here? This is a good way to open the essay, but it includes a lot of generalizations. Shakespeare, using his play “Twelfth Night,” compares it to illness and suffering and shows that it can cause pain. Orsino describes love as an “appetite” that he needs to satisfy but cannot, and Olivia describes love as a “plague.” Even Viola, less theatrical, sighs that "My state is desperate for the love of my master", because those who suffer from it are consumed by it and despair, resort to violence to secure the love of another and this is precisely the Viola's case, or everyone's? Again, if it's the latter, it's a big generalization. For example, Sir Andrew challenges Viola to fight to the death for Olivia's hand, and Orsino threatens to kill Viola, the object of Olivia's affections, to keep her for himself: "But this is your servant, whom I know you love, and whom, I swear to heaven, whom I love dearly, I will tear from that cruel eye...... middle of paper ......funny situation, for example when Olivia chases Cesario, he is constantly rejected, but he is not persistent less, “Viola: I pity you, Olivia: this is a degree of love”; we know that Cesario is actually Viola and that Olivia should simply give up. Another technique used by Shakespeare is the play on words every day and changes them so that they refer to love as well as the intended meaning. For example, in the first scene, Curio asks Orsino if he will go hunting “the deer”. Curio meant a male deer, but we interpret it like a heart. Orsino then extends this concept and compares himself to the deer. Shakespeare uses several methods to explore the theme of love in “Twelfth Night,” but the most important is through his characters. He turns each idea into a character and the drama and relationships between them help us understand his thoughts.