English 3227E Lecture 3: Love's Labour's Lost
8 Feb 2017
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Resolved once sebastian comes into the picture. Viola & orsino / sebastian & olivia. Consider other resolutions, no absolute sense of blindness, lingering at the end. False resolution, orsino refuses not to be with olivia. The two households brought together, boundary being dissolved. Chaos ensues: olivia enters thinking she just married cesario, not sebastian. Orsino finally acts on his feelings and confronts olivia himself. Sense of possession over olivia, though he recognizes the intense love between. 90-95) olivia thinks she has just married cesario, but she"s actually just married. Sebastian brings hetero-erotic order and resolution to the play. Shakespeare prolongs this chaotic confusion, audience is made to wait for the resolution. Implication that olivia falling in love with a woman is unnatural and disorderly. Allen sinfield, olivia"s desire is inappropriate because he is youthful and of lower birth, allowing her to keep her rank, status, and power.
