Orsino is the powerful Duke of Illyria, he is a
bachelor, and the object of affection of Viola, but he's trying to make Olivia
fall in love for him. The opening scene of the game gives us our first
impression for the Duke and this opening passage tells us a lot about his
character.
“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess
of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain
again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That
breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
' Tis
not so sweet now as it was before.” (1.1.1)
Orsino
says to his musicians to "play on" because music feeds his desires. However,
he never lets the musicians finish as he interrupts by saying, "Enough; no
more; / 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before." This shows u show how
powerful and passionate he is.
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