"Results of a Disguise" In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, many relationships are faked or destroyed for and by the protagonists, and as a result some of the relationships are humorous. The use of disguise causes deception and misunderstanding which leads to love where it is not meant to be. Trickery leads the characters into inescapable traps, which causes chaos with their emotions, and finally pure physical attraction and not true love lead some characters …showed first 75 words of 652 total…

…showed last 75 words of 652 total…and problems that occured, but along with the problems, we as an audience were able to view the humor in it. The reality is, if Viola had not dressed up as a man, Olivia would have never fallen in love. Viola would also never be involved in a fight with Andrew causing the arrest of Antonio. I hope that the 2 examples above has explained how disguise encompasses the themes of appearance, reality, and mistaken identity.