Use Of Malvolio's Monologue In 'Twelfth Night'

Malvolio’s monologue in Act 2 Scene 5 of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is humorous to the reader because of the situation and the knowledge that the reader has already received in knowing that the letter is not from Olivia and that it was placed there as a trick. Shakespeare used imagery and irony to help develop the ridiculousness of the letter. It is already known before that Malvolio is a proud and snot nosed man who believes himself to stand above everyone else but fare Olivia. When Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria and Fabian decide to use Malvolio’s crush on Olivia against him they do it in the best way possible.Once Malvolio sees and starts to read the note he already starts to make connections to himself “M.O.A.I,...it would bow to me, for …show more content…
Maria, Toby, Andrew, and Fabian setup the latter but it was Malvolio who let himself believe that without a doubt that Olivia loves him. The troublesome four plans worked out perfectly and Malvolio is the fool he said he was not. The comedy Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a greatness of work, humiliating the proudest of its characters and slyly making everything funnier by doing so. Malvolio assumes he is the unnamed love just because of a note on the ground “from his lady”. The lady who said she would not show her face to a man for seven years that would not smile, and he plans to smile to her. This gives the story suspense when it will all blow