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Sir Andrew misunderstands things and lacks knowledge. “What is ‘Pourquoi’?” “But what’s your jest?” He doesn’t know when he is being mocked.

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Olivia may have been intended to appear foolish for avoiding marriage, Feste states as such in Act 1, Scene 5: “Take away the lady” “as there is no true cuckold” “beauty’s a flower” “To mourn your brothers soul being in heaven”.

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Feste is a professional fool. He uses music to act on the the characters and the audience and make a mixture of merriness and melancholy in the play. Festes role as an ‘allowed fool’ gives him freedom to speak his own wry and enigmatic form of wisdom.

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“Do you not hear fellows? Take away the lady”

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“Do you not hear fellows? Take away the lady”

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In this Feste is suggesting that he isn’t the fool and that it is actually Olivia. This isn’t the first time he makes such a remark and accuses her foolishness on her mourning for her brother. “To mourn for your brothers soul being in heaven” Feste purposely uses this reply as he knows how olivia will respond, he makes her feel foolish. She understands he is a wise man “doth he not mend?”

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He doesn’t pick up on Violas hints of her love for him. Viola says “we’re I a woman i should be you lordship”. he may not pick up on these clues because he is naive or too trusting. Or he may not pick up on these clues because he is too self absorbed to think about what she is saying.

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Feste is saying that just because he wears a fool costume and it’s his objective to act the fool, that it’s some sort of disguise and he’s a wise man.

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Feste’s song (act 2, scene 3) - is a miniature version of the play as a whole, talking of unrequited love in the first verse and not waiting for love in the second (unrequited love of Orsino, Sir Andrew for Olivia; not waiting for live like Olivia marrying Sebastian, or Sir Toby marrying Maria). Feste acts as a moth piece for Shakespeare and gives us his wisdom, so Feste is wise

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‘’Tis not the first time I have constrained one to call me knave.’

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‘’Tis not the first time I have constrained one to call me knave.’

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Sir Andrew draws attention to his own faults, and casually mentions that he has been insulted multiple times before, implying he doesn’t think it is that much of a big deal, and accepts his place as a foolish character without any argument

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“Pleasure will be paid, one time or another”

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“Pleasure will be paid, one time or another”

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This implies that Feste can see the growing/close relationship between Viola and Orsino. It also carries quite dark undercurrents and that Feste is not just the comedic fool we all think he is. In reality, he is wise and knowledgeable - seemingly he knows others secrets.

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Sir Toby manipulates and deceives his loyal friend Andrew by consistently mocking him and getting him into risky situations. He mocks andrews name as “agueface” to maria yet is false towards greeting andrew as “sweet sir Andrew” only seconds later. As he is not a likable character, he is foolish to jeopardize this friendship.

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Andrew is inexperienced and does not understand the bawdy humour the other characters quote, such as “bring your hand to the buttery-bar and let it drink” to which he replies “What’s your metaphor?”. This emphasises his lack of understanding and that it’s hard for him to get the ‘ladies’ - insinuating he has never been in love or had anyone love him. Therefore, it’s hard for him to keep up with the other characters.

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Sir Toby could be argued to be the biggest fool as he is continuously drunk. Feste the fool says to Olivia, "he is but mad yet, madonna, and the fool shall look like a madman" which means that he drinks so much that he is in 'the mad stage' of drunkeness but he will get worse.

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Sir Toby mocks Olivia for her excessive mourning and is seen as unsympathetic towards her. He could be argued to be foolish as if he keeps insulting his “niece”, he could be thrown at of her house and left to fend for himself. This would be quite drastic for Sir Toby as he is living off his niece and possibly would not know how to cope without her support.

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Olivia could be argued to be the biggest fool because not only does she fall for Viola's disguise she also falls in love with her. "He left his ring behind him" which shows that she is acting irrationally because she is in love and has become foolish.

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One could argue that Sir Toby is the biggest fool due to his drunkenness and Festes commentary about a drunk being "Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman" - this could be seen as commentary for sir Toby's foolish actions and drunkenness throughout the play. This could also prove him to be the play's "Lord of misrule."

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Orsino repeatedly calls Viola "boy" and "lad" and even calls her "my boy" at one point creating dramatic irony and an air of foolishness around Orsino as he cannot pick up on Viola being a woman. Further more he describes her as being feminine and her voice being "as the maidens organ" but still can't pick up on her being a woman - making him one of the biggest fools of the play.