In many of
Shakespeares sonnets, he emphasizes the subjective experience of
love; however, he never wallows in his feelings to a conceited
extent. Actually, he labels narcissism as incompatible with real
love in some of his other sonnets and in his comedy Twelfth Night.
Although his narcissistic characters, especially Malvolio, Orsino,
Olivia (from his comedy), and the Young Man (from his sonnets),
believe themselves to be experiencing passion, their foolish
self-indulgence inhibits them from finding true
love, as it causes
them to act contrary to nature, misinterpret others intentions,
and misplace certain desires. Conversely, other characters not
blocked by self-love, particularly Viola and the Speaker of the
Sonnets, can find actual love, since they correctly understand
others and themselves. Though Orsino believes himself
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For example,
when describing his first time seeing Olivia, he says, I turned
into a hart, and my desires, like fell and cruel hounds eer since
pursue me (I, i, 22-24). Later, when his servant tells him she
swears celibacy, Orsino says, Away before me to sweet beds of
flowrs: Love-thought lie rich when canopied with bowrs (I, i
,41-42). He loves the idea of being woefully in love so much that
he refuses to make any serious move in order to form a bond with
the object of his affection. Instead of immediately proving his
love to her in reaction to Olivias message, Orsino prefers to go
wallow in his garden to think about his heartbroken condition. He
has the capability to pursue her, but prefers to
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