Shakespeare seems preoccupied with madness and folly in Twelfth Night. As Feste suggests, “Foolery . . . does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere” (The Complete Signet Classic Shakespeare, ed. Sylvan Barnet, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972, 3.1.39-40). Indeed, Shakespeare has created a broad spectrum of fools in this play; the actions and words of almost all his characters fit the recognized behavior patterns of fools. Feste is, of course, an “allowed” or professional fool; Sir Toby Belch, like Falstaff, is a “Lord of Misrule” who orchestrates the folly of his cohorts; Maria, with her mischievous practical joking, resembles the spiteful court fools whose malicious capers brought ruin upon many unwary courtiers; Viola in her disguise is a “witty fool” not unlike Feste; Sir Andrew Aguecheek qualifies as a “natural” fool; and Olivia, Orsino, and Malvolio all suffer from melancholic folly, respectively derived from sorrow, unrequited love, and self-love.