r family, which is a death in itself. Also, sunny, calm days reflect the idea of youth and happiness, just as Viola lives ‘happily ever after’ with Orsino at the end of the play. The realization of the passage of time is brought to attention in both play and sonnets. In Shakespeare’s 18 sonnet he makes the reader understand that humans will die, but the works will live on forever. Orsino finally understands that his efforts to make the Lady Olivia his were a waste of his time, and he learns to focus his attention to a more open prospect, Viola. The common themes of love are revealed in Shakespeare’s sonnets 18 and 73 and in the play Twelfth Night. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates with his beautifully crafted sonnets and poetic characters in Twelfth Night that lovers will come and go, the weather will change, and people will parish, but words will live forever. ...
