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Twelfth Night is considered by many to be William Shakespeare's finest comedy as shown by many comedic characters in the play In William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night the roles of three explicitly comedic characters will be discussed The first comedic character that will be discussed is Sir Toby Belch The second character that will be discussed is Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the last character that will be discussed is Feste the Clown It will be proven that Twelfth Night is Shakespeare s finest comedy and would not be as funny or comedic without the roles of these characters This is because Sir Toby Belch Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Feste the Clown are the most comedic characters in the play Sir Toby Belch as his name may symbolize is vulgar very fat and jolly Sir Toby is also Olivia s uncle Olivia lets Sir Toby live with her but she does not care for his rowdy behavior practical jokes heavy drinking late night carousing or his friends especially Sir Andrew Sir Toby also has an ally and eventually a soulmate Maria In Act 1 Scene 3 Sir Toby jokes to Sir Andrew saying Excellent your hair hangs like flax on a distaff and I hope to see a housewife take thee between her legs and spin it off Shakespeare 1 3 91 92 In this quote Sir Toby Belch is referring to Sir Andrew s hair which is apparently flat and lifeless according to Sir Toby Basically Sir Toby is telling Sir Andrew that he hopes a woman takes him between her legs and that he gets syphilis a disease which causes hair loss
