In the play, Twelfth Night, Viola resourcefulness allows her to cope with her difficult situation. Viola is a resourceful young lady who gets shipwrecked on the coast of illyria, and decides to disguise herself as a man so she is able to get a job. Viola also encounters a situation upon Olivia who has fallen in love with Cesario. The first example of Viola’s resourcefulness is instead of mourning over her brother’s death, she decides to keep herself occupied by serving the lady, Olivia. But as soon as she hears that Olivia is not allowing anyone to talk to her. Viola, though of a new idea to disguise herself as a man so she will be able to serve the Duke Orsino, when she says, “I’ll serve this Duke!”. This quotation demonstrates that after viola has survived from the shipwreck, knowing that she is now vulnerable and must take care of herself.…show more content… But, the captain who has saved her from the shipwrecked informed her that the Olivia would not be allowing anyone to see her because she is in mourning of her brother’s death. Viola, then suggested another plan to serve the Duke Orsino, but knowing that the Duke does not allow women to work for him. She decides to disguise herself as a man so she is able to serve the Duke, and wandering about the city without any protection. The second example of Viola’s resourcefulness is when she realized that Olivia has fallen for Cesario (Viola), and she says, “I left no ring with her. What means this lady? Fortune forbid my outside have not charm'd her. She made good view of me, indeed so much that straight methought her eyes had lost her tongue, for she did speak in starts, distractedly. She loves me sure” This quotation demonstrates that since Cesario (Viola) is working for the Duke Orsino, his first task is to convince the lady, Olivia to fall in love with