Madness in The Twelfth Night
Although no one from The Twelfth Night or A Midsummer Night’s Dream is truly mad, characters from each Shakespeare play appear that way. ... Malvolio, the head servant for Olivia in The Twelfth Night, constantly ruins the fun of the other characters throughout the play. ... Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night? ... In Act Three, Scene Four, she says, “Why, this is very midsummer madness.” Shakespeare is quite obviously referring to the madness found throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ... Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is also a character that appears to be mad. ... Both plays are full of confusion and madness, but in each characters are made to look mad although they are not.