In Twelfth Night, Cesario is the name assumed by Viola after she disguises herself as a man, and Sebastian is Viola's twin brother. The similarity between the two when Viola is dressed like a man results in a case of mistaken identity. Countess Olivia, who is in love with "Cesario," encounters Sebastian when he visits Illyia and proposes to him under the impression that he is Cesario. Sebastian, not realizing he has been mistaken for his twin, agrees and the two marry. It is only when Sebastian and Viola (as Cesario) meet that the characters understand what had happened. Countess Olivia realizes the man she was in love with was a woman in disguise and that she had married the wrong person, and Count Orsino begins to pursue Viola after learning of Olivia's marriage. At the end of the play, Viola is no longer in disguise and is married to Orsino, and the marriage between Sebastian and Olivia continues.
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