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Orsino

Generally played as a man in love with the idea of being in love, who has to be taught what real emotion is through his conversations with Viola. The homosexual reading is a red herring. A special bond does develop between Orsino and Viola-as-Cesario. But S and his culture would see that as male-bonding, not sexual.

Posted by Hamlet on April 14, 1997 at 09:47:29
In Reply to "Orsino in Shakespeare's Twefth Night" posted by Frank Heesbeen on April 14, 1997 at 08:51:30

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