# Twelfth Night — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i.md): Twelfth Night — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): Duke Orsino, surrounded by musicians, indulges in the music of love, expressing his desire for excess to sicken his appetite. Curio suggests hunting, but Orsino compares his love for Olivia to being hunted by his own des
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Viola, shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, learns from the Captain that her brother may have survived. She hears of Duke Orsino's love for the mourning Olivia and decides to disguise herself as a eunuch to serve Orsino.
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): Sir Toby Belch and Maria discuss Olivia's mourning and Sir Toby's late-night carousing. Maria criticizes Sir Andrew Aguecheek as a foolish prodigal, but Sir Toby defends him. Sir Andrew arrives, and after a series of mis
- [Scene IV: The Duke's Commission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): Duke Orsino, having taken a liking to his new page Cesario (Viola in disguise), entrusts him with the mission of wooing Olivia on his behalf. Despite Viola's reservations about Olivia's mourning and her own secret love f

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- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-i-scene-v.md)
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-v.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Act III, Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twelfth_night_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)

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