Types of love in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night In the Play Twelfth Night one of the most obvious themes of the play to be explored is the theme of love.Each of the major characters finds love or is searching for it. Shakespeare use the characters to demonstrate and explore different types of love, along with the trouble love can cause. In the opening scene of the play the Duke expresses his feelings of love " If …
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…lot of pain and confusion. What also is recognised from Twelfth Night is how readily people are to love. It is as if everyone yearns to be loved or more importantly to be able to give love. I think this is still true of people today. The couples which have found love are all initially attracted by different things,so it is easy to see why feelings get confused and love is not always returned.