“Twelfth Night” or “Whatever You Will” falls into the subgenre of festive comedy. Feste's character attacks authoritative figures during the final days of the Christmas season. Since Feste is considered a false mayor, he often makes absurd statements against Orsino and Olivia, surrounded by romantic emotions. However, as this play takes place during the holiday season, it lacks seriousness, which also reflects the decisions made by Orsino and Olivia during the denouement. But because love is a motivating force, it drives both Olivia and Orsino to commit foolish acts that convey the many social messages that arise in the play. On the other hand, characters like Malvolio face difficult situations that cause him to take himself too seriously and therefore lead him to become a hypocrite despite being "kind of a puritan." Considering that Malvolio the Puritan is a killjoy. figure that we can see that Shakespeare attacks the conservative. Additionally, Shakespeare punishes Malvolio in such a way that he becomes depressed, but towards the end of the play in Act 4, Scene 2, the audience shows sympathy towards him as Feste (disguised as Sir Topas) persuades him to believe that he is crazy, which In this case, he replies: "Believe me, I am not." I'm telling you the truth. When Malvolio says "Believe me", it shows that he is certain that he has not gone mad, while "Believe me" shows that he has faith in the truth. Furthermore, as Malvolio is a Puritan, when he says "I tell you the truth", the audience believes him because they know that in Puritanism, lying is not accepted. Likewise, while Malvolio stopped Feste, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Maria from "making an ale house out of [his] lady's house", this shows that there are elements of seriousness in... .... middle of paper ...... any satirical statement about authoritative people such as Orsino and Olivia is presented as stupid. They can be seen as stupid because of how the comic resolution presented them and the choices they made regarding their marriage. In the same way, Malvolio can also be seen as an attack on authority since Shakespeare makes fun of old world characters. Similarly, while Sir Toby and Maria are married, Shakespeare also attacks authoritative figures, but in doing so Shakespeare shows that "Twelfth Night" lacks seriousness because throughout the play the two comic characters seem to indulge to excessive laughter. Furthermore, the hasty marriage of Olivia and Orsino to Sebastian and Viola indicates that this festive comedy has a light ending, which therefore shows that "Twelfth Night" is a trivial comedy in which authority is also attacked..