All about Viola
by Alaina Eartly
Viola's Identity
Viola’s Identity in Twelve Night consists of being wealthy, brave and very smart. Viola also doesn’t give up easily on getting to work for Orsino, who she also loves. A quote that supports this is “(to OLIVIA) Be not amazed. Right noble is his blood. If this be so, as yet the glass seems true, I shall have share in this most happy wreck.(to VIOLA) Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times Thou never shouldst love woman like to me.” (Orsino. V. II). A reason why this supports Viola’s Identity is because Orsino is talking about when Viola told him that she wouldn’t love a girl as much as she loved him as a guy. This quote also proves that Viola is brave because she spoke her mind with Orsino. This also proves that Viola is smart because she kept telling Orsino that she loved him even though she was a guy.
Viola's Gender
In Twelve Night woman are not allowed to work for men or in general. Viola dresses up as a guy to get a job, which is working for the Duke Orsino. The other people in Twelve Night view Viola as a weird guy. A quote to support this is “I prithee—and I’ll pay thee bounteously Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent. I’ll serve this duke.” (I. II. 3). This quote supports Viola’s gender because she needed to get a job to support herself. Viola is forced to act different because Orsino would not have hired her if she didn’t dress up as a guy. Also she would not have been able to get a job if she dressed like a girl.
Viola's Perception
Others people in Twelve Night think Viola is as a little silly/weird because she wanted to work for Orsino, but he only allowed men to work for him. The people also thought that Viola was bad at fencing. The people in Orsino’s court thought that Viola was a really good singer and player especially Orsino. A quote to support this is “Give me some music. (music plays) Now, good morrow, friends.—Now, good Cesario, but that piece of song, That old and antique song we heard last night. Methought it did relieve my passion much, More than light airs and recollected terms Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times: Come, but one verse.” (II. IV. 1.). This quote supports this because Viola thinks that she is a good singer and player. She also thinks that she is very smart for coming up with the idea of dressing up as a guy to get paid.
Me and Viola's simalarities
Me and Viola's differences
Viola and I are different because I wouldn’t dress up as a guy just to get a job, but she would. I go to school and she does not. We have a different preference on guys we like. We are also different because she has a twin and I do not. Viola’s father died on her 13th birthday and mine did not.
How Viola Identites herself in She's the Man
In She’s the Man Viola identifies herself as a really good soccer player and not a girly girl her mom wants her to be. She wasn’t allowed to play on the boys soccer team so, she became a guy. She also thought that it wasn’t fair that her team got cut and not the boys. Viola also thought that she was determined to play on the boy’s team and win so that she could prove that her team could be just as good as the boy’s team. She also thought that she was a winner no matter what team she was on.
Viola's Gender in She's the Man
Viola's Perception in She's the Man
In She’s the Man people view Viola as a funny, cool and good at soccer but she could use a little help with practicing. They also think that she was a little weird because she was hugging Duke Orsino like she was a girl instead of shaking hands with him. Also she could scream like a girl which she said was an imitation of her sister. Even though she didn’t have a sister. Duke Orsino thought that she was a liar because he thought that she stole his ex-girlfriend but it was her brother who had just came back from Italy.
Me and Viola's simalarities from She's the Man
Me and Viola's differences from She's the Man
Viola from She’s the Man and I are different because she plays soccer and I don’t. Viola also knows how to speak different languages and I don’t. Viola and I are also different because she does kissing booths at carnivals and I don’t. She also has a twin brother and I don’t even have a brother. I have a sister and she does not.