Twelfth night - Analyse the different types of love introduced by Shakespeare in act one.
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'Analyse the different types of love introduced by Shakespeare in act one' In the play 'Twelfth Night,' Shakespeare discovers and exemplifies the sentiment of love with precise detail. Throughout act 1, Shakespeare examines two different types of love: Self-love and selfish love. 'Twelfth Night' so far consists of various love triangles, though many of the characters that are tangled up in the web of love are sightless to see that their emotions and feelings toward other characters are untrue. Firstly, we can see that Orsino is in love with Olivia deeply as he pesters her and she recognizes that she wants nothing to do with him, but we see that Orsino cannot handle rejection as he continues on talking of the 'sweet sound' and the charming 'odour' he senses. We can identify the hyperbole used of his language showing that he is in love with the sensation of the...

