Malvolio

Malvolio
//** -Biography **// Shakespeare adds the character, Malvolio, to represent Puritanism. and how Malvolio is the head servant of Olivia's house. He looks down upon drinking heavily, and having fun. He is clearly, a very serious person. He tends to critize almost everything. While other characters are happy and having fun, malvolio is dead serious.Malvolio believes himself to be above all of the other servants and the nobles of the play. Maria compares Malvolio to a puritan. He dresses in black clothes, and many despise puritans. But Olivia still has respect him. Malvolio is in love with @Olivia and he thinks she loves him back @Maria, @Sir Toby Belch, @Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Fabian made a fake love letter from Oliva to Malvolio, and now Malvolio truly believes that Oliva is in love with him. He starts day dreaming about being Count Malvolio. Truly in the letter, Maria wrote down things that Oliva doesn't like about Malvolio, for example his yellow stockings and criss-cross lacings. Malvolio is puzzled upon what "M.O.A.I" means. Malvolio tries to talk to Olivia about the letter he thinks she wrote to him. She has no idea what he is talking about but Malvolio still hasn't picked up any hints that Olivia really didn't write the letter. Also, Olivia still doesn't realize that Malvolio wants to marry her. It is really amazing that Malvolio didn't find out that Olivia actually doesn't like her after her reason expressions when seeing each other. Sir Toby, Fabian, Maria and the Fool keep the prank going by acting like Malvolio has gone crazy. Even though the reason he is acting like this is only because of Maria's letter. [|Satan] is certainly not in Malvolio but they all think it is funny to convince him that he's possessed. When Malvolio finds out that the letter that he thought Olivia had written him was all a nasty trick he was very upset and said that he would eventually get his revenge. This will probably be a very violent revenge that Shakespeare woudn't include in a love comedy. The primary target will probably be Maria since she wrote such a convincing letter that made him humiliate himself.
 * -Key Quotes

"Be not afraid of greatness." ** "//I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal."//

//"Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy, as a squash is before 'tis a peascod, or a codling when 'tis almost an apple. 'Tis with in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favored, and he speaks very shrewishly. One would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him."//

"//My masters, are you mad? Have ye no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night? Do ye make an alehouse of my lady's house? Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?//

//" Come, sir, you peevishly threw it to her; and her will is, it should be so returned: if it be worth stooping for, there it lies in your eye; if not, be it his that finds it"//

"Some are born great,some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."

"Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at my hand, ... help me to a candle, and pen, ink and paper: as I am a gentleman, I will live to be thankful to thee for't." (Act 4, scene 2)