In the play Twelfth Night, the characters are constantly making jokes and tricking each other. However, one of these pranks went a little too far. Maria, Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew, Fabian, and the fool all help pull a prank on Malvolio that ends up in him going crazy. Maria writes a letter to Malvolio that seems like a love letter from Olivia. In this letter, "Olivia" asks Malvolio to do ridiculous things in hopes of them becoming lovers. Malvolio wants to love her so much that he convinces himself that the letter has to be from Olivia and the tricksters watch and laugh as he ridicules himself. When Malvolio was finally going to directly ask Olivia about the letter, Sir Toby Belch and friends tie him up and lock him in a dark room. Even after all that, they try to convince everyone including Malvolio himself that he is insane. When Malvolio is finally released, he vows to get revenge on the people that did this to him. Obviously, this prank went way too far. Not only did they play with his emotions and make him do ridiculous things, but also kidnapped him and locked him up which is insane. I love to trick and prank people myself, but in my opinion, the prank should have at least stopped after Malvolio dressed up ridiculously. Playing with someone's emotions is already bad enough, but they also kidnap him and try to make him believe that he is insane is definitely taking it way too far. They had already gotten their laughs from him romanticizing over Olivia when he first got the letter and the prank could have easily ended right there. Now, they have a very upset Malvolio on the loose looking for revenge which may come back to haunt them in the end.
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