The romantic comedy aspect of the play can be seen as many …show more content…
During his famous monologue, the lovesick Duke states 'If music be the food of love, play on... ' The whole situation could be seen as rather comedic as in the state of melancholy, Orsino is listening to 'sad ' music. The phrase itself demonstrates that Orsino wishes to be surrounded by music to forget of his feelings towards Olivia. The use of the noun 'food ' exaggerates that idea the Orsino cannot live without the return of Olivia 's love, the same way that a human would not be able to survive without nourishment. This matches a stereotypical romantic comedy in which the main character would be a man who simply seeks the love of a woman he knows little about. This adds to the romantic comedy part of the play as Shakespeare has created a typical setting for the plot to develop and for characters to begin getting involved with one another further. The play appears to be more humorous as the plot develops due to the fact that Orsino is rather direct with letting Olivia know how he feels by sending 'Cesario '. This is also a feature that is common in typical romantic comedy in which there would be additional characters that try to help the relationship deepen, perhaps even getting more involved than they had intended to be, as was the case with