Twelfth Night Literature Essay William Shakespeare"s 'Twelfth Night' is set in a province called Illyria on the coast of Italy. The play is about a brother and sister, Sebastian and Viola, who are separated after a shipwreck, and both think the other has drowned. The play tells the tale of how they were eventually reunited. There are a wide range of characters in the play; ranging from Malvolio, Olivia's steward, who is very self-centred with no sense of humour to Sir Toby who is always out enjoying himself and really just...

form an opinion of him because he isn't a very noticeable character.

I think that Viola emerges with credit at the end of the play because her only fault is

that she is too nice so she could not be criticised for anything. Two characters who I think

come out of the play badly are Sir Toby and Malvolio. Both of these characters can be

annoying at times, and although Toby may have started off well he does end up quite boring,

whereas Malvolio, on the other hand, was never a likeable character.