Malvolio

Biography: Malvolio is the head servant of Olivia, and does not like drinking and fun. Despite his servant status, he thinks of himself as a noble and acts like a noble as well. He is also snobby and has a bad attitude toward everyone. Malvolio does not like Maria and he dreams of becoming royalty. He is also hated by Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria, and the Fool. They send him a fake letter from Olivia saying that she loves him and telling him to wear ridiculous clothes. When Olivia sees him like this, she thinks he is possessed by the Devil and Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria, and the Fool tie him up and throw him in a closet. They were going to get a priest and perform an exorcism to get rid of the "Devil" within him. The priest actually the Fool and he messes with Malvolio while he is in the closet. Malvolio is not totally convinced by all of this. Malvolio also finds out that the priest is actually the Fool and he persuades the Fool get paper and a pen with ink to write a letter to his love, Olivia. Olivia asked him to give Cesario (Viola) a ring that "he forgot" so that Olivia would have another chance to talk to him. Malvolio is not too forceful and fails to chase Viola away from Olivia. ex:"I told him you were asleep. He seems to have a foreknowledge of that too, and therefore comes to speak with you. What is to be said to him, lady? He’s fortified against any denial." "Do you make an alehouse of my lady’s house, that you squeak out your coziers' catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice?".

Malvolio is so egotiscal he even fantasizes what it would be like to be royalty. While reading the fake love letter sent from Maria, he imagines telling Toby off.

“Cousin Toby, my fortunes having cast me on your niece give me this prerogative of speech...You must amend your drunkenness.”

===="Nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes. Well, Jove, not I, is the doer of this, and he is to be thanked".

 Malvolio would do anything to become roylaty, even if that means kissing up to Olivia and being hated by Toby, Maria, Andrew, and the fool.  He did everything in the letter Maria told him to do. He is wearing yellow stockings, with laces all the way up, and a huge smile.He truly belives Olivia loves him and is now royalty.

 **MALVOLIO QUOTES**  "My masters, are you mad? Or what are you? Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night? Do you make an alehouse of my lady’s house, that you squeak out your coziers' catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice? Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?"

 Malvolio is full of himself and he tries to act all snobby. Sir Toby Belch tells Malvolio that he is only a servant.

 Maria is going to write him a love letter and she is going to pretend to be Olivia. Thenhewill think that Olivia loves him and he will look like an idiot.

 He loves power, not fun and fools.

 "Do you make an alehouse of my lady’s house, that you squeak out your coziers' catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice?"   "Sir Toby, I must be round with you. My lady bade me tell you, that, though she harbors you as her kinsman, she’s nothing allied to your disorders. If you can separate yourself and your misdemeanors, you are welcome to the house. If not, an it would please you to take leave of her, she is very willing to bid you farewell.

 "She shall know of it, by this hand."

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

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged. Good Sir Topas, do not think I am mad. They have laid me here in hideous darkness."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "I am not mad, Sir Topas. I say to you this house is dark."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "I say, this house is as dark as ignorance, though ignorance were as dark as hell. And I say, there was never man thus abused. I am no more mad than you are. Make the trial of it in any constant question."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "I think nobly of the soul, and no way approve his opinion."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "Yes, and shall do till the pangs of death shake him. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the better fool."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "'Tis but fortune, all is fortune. Maria once told me she did affect me, and I have heard herself come thus near, that, should she fancy, it should be one of my complexion. Besides, she uses me with a more exalted respect than anyone else that follows her. What should I think on ’t?"

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "They have here propertied me, keep me in darkness, send ministers to me—asses!—and do all they can to face me out of my wits."

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> "I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you."