The Views of Love in the Play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Love is a strong liking or affection for a thing or person. In William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, there are many different types of love. Mistaken love is shown when Malvolio falls in love with Olivia but she thinks that she loves Cesario. Self-Love is expressed through Malvolio and Orsino's conceitedness. Throughout the play, true love is evident when Viola falls in love with Orsino and Toby falls in love with Maria. The characters in the play express three types of love - mistaken, self, and true love.
Two characters in the play show Mistaken Love by falling in love with someone that does not love them in return. The first example of mistaken love is Malvolio loving Olivia. Malvolio says, "To bed? Ay, sweetheart and I'll come to thee." (3.4.30) This quote shows that Malvolio has an attraction to Olivia but his attraction to her is only mistaken love because Olivia just takes him as a simple servant. …