Initially, in The Twelfth Night a love triangle is introduced. Viola loves Orisno, and Orisno loves Olivia. Olivia does not want anything to do with men after the death of her brother, until she meets Caesario (who is actually Viola dressed as a man. So at that moment it is a tri-pointed love situation.
Then we know later that the love 'triangle' is actually a lot bigger. Sebastian, Feste, and Malvolio are interested in Olivia as well as Viola. These men also have friendships with each-other, as well as with Antonio and Sir Toby; these friendships are possibly more than just platonic friendship. All of these bonds between the characters have an aspect of friendship and trust, but a lot of it seems to be physical attraction.
The problem of almost all of these romances is that nothing can come of them, none of them can really lead to marriage.
Orisno cannot marry Olivia because she does not have an interest in him.
Viola cannot marry Orisno because he loves Olivia and Viola is masquerading as a man as well.
Olivia cannot marry Caesario because Caesario is actually a woman (Viola).
The men that questionably like each other more than friends, cannot marry because they are all men.
Mary and Fest cannot really marry because they continually out-wit each other, and are not of the same class.
Malvolio and Olivia cannot marry because they are of different classes and Olivia does not love Malvolio.
The plot of this play revolves around social relationships and how complicated they always are. No relationship (friend or more) is free of drama or problems and that seems to be the point that Shakespeare is trying to get across. All human relationships have problems and different facets, but when you step away and look at it as a play, the relationships become comic, our problems and dramas are actually funny and not as dire as we think when we are within the relationship.
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