Twinning

It seems as though, in Act 4, Sebastian’s true colors come out, in that there are not many colors to be shown. This act, although mostly about Sebastian, barely has anything to do with Sebastian doing anything significant. Instead, it is his presence that causes a reaction by characters that have befriended “Cesario” or his twin sister, Viola. In my opinion, Shakespeare took an unconventional route with Sebastian. Sebastian lacks character development that all the other characters in the play have. His characterization only unravels as the play goes on and characters are exposed to him. Only little information of Sebastian’s own self (Viola’s brother, and that he’s a courageous individual) is given to the audience. Act 4 is crucial for the audience to see what happens when Sebastian replaces Cesario, at least in the eyes of Feste, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Olivia. Antonio really helps draw out who Sebastian really is by serving as his foil. Otherwise, Sebastian does not do much, instead he is always in transition. In the beginning of the story he was transitioning from being stranded in the ocean to Antonio’s living quarters, and from there he was moving on to Orsino’s court. Now on the in-land of Illyria, after much wandering he ends up in Olivia’s quarters, where Feste, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Olivia still think he is “Cesario” who is actually, Viola. Feste tries to bring him to Olivia’s house, Sir Toby and Sir Andrew try to fight him in a duel, again. Also, Olivia marries him on the spot, to who she thinks is Cesario, but is actually a very confused Sebastian, who for some reason, agrees not to question anything that is happening to him, despite his confusion.  Which is unusual and unrealistic. He is “twinning” because as a result of being Olivia’s twin, he is getting married to Olivia, which he is happy about, or “winning” her love with little effort. Twinning as I would say.