2007-06-15 06:03:12 · 4 answers · asked by twenteen 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Orsino. Duke of Illyria, is musing about love:
"If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die."
--From Twelfth Night (I, i,1-3)
In the opening scene of the first Act of Twelfth Night, we meet Orsino, and learn at once that he is a hopeless romantic. He is in love with love, and melancholy from the mere thought of it; and here he muses on love while musicians play around him in his castle.
Orsino, Duke (and ruler) of the romantic kingdom of Illyria, is in love with Countess Olivia, who loves him not. She has rejected him over and over again in her determination to mourn the death of her brother. It might be said that, while Orsino is in love with love, Olivia is in love with grief.
2007-06-15 06:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duke Orsino
2007-06-15 06:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Lou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Duke. The first line is,
"If music be the food of love, play on".
2007-06-15 06:07:37 · answer #3 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orsino.
2007-06-15 06:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Liath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋