William shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is a comedy in which customary practices are subverted and misrule is soverign. Within this comedy there exsists five characters who exemplify this upside down world and fuel one of Shakespeares most humorous subplots. These characters are Sir Toby Belch, Maria, Feste Fabian and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. As individuals these characters are unique but when put together they make up the unruliest gang of pranksters ever to enter Illyria. Sir Toby …showed first 75 words of 820 total…

…showed last 75 words of 820 total…Fabian, Feste and Maria represent the madness that not only exsisted in Illyria, within the play, but also the madness of Renaissance England. These five characters represent all those who were looked down upon in society. And most likely were the characters that Shakespeare's audience best related to. Also in terms of significance within the play, the five characters I've been discussing, help to examine the class system that exsisted in Europe during this time.