Mistaken identity

• I am not what i am


  Viola. Simple, profound and true.
• One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons


  Orsino
• Antonio, O my dear Antonio


  Sebastian is reunited with Antonio, who had earlier mistaken Viola for him. This confusion between the twins caused emotional and legal trouble—another effect of mistaken identity
• I am all the daughters of my fathers house, and all the brothers too

  Viola
• If this young gentleman has done offence, i take the fault on me


  Antonio
• i do not know you

  viola to antonio as she is bewildered by his knowledge of her
• will you deny me now?


  Antonios feelings of betrayal
• Disguise and mistaken identity allow Shakespeare to explore the fluidity of gender 


  Anne barton
• The confusions of mistaken identity in Twelfth Night serve to dismantle rigid social identities 


  Barber