{"id":383,"date":"2022-05-01T21:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T21:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/?page_id=383"},"modified":"2022-05-01T21:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T21:43:59","slug":"abel-lindley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/abel-lindley\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Orsino\u2019s Playlist: Rejection, Heartbreak, and Unrequited Love&#8221; (Abel Lindley)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"383\" class=\"elementor elementor-383\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7252a0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7252a0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8c4db5\" data-id=\"a8c4db5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c23638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c23638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Orsino\u2019s Playlist: Rejection, Heartbreak, and Unrequited Love\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/3t4WvWm9pyieNKlosq9Zti?si=173ff16e7af34bfb&utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc1717c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc1717c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-363a5e9\" data-id=\"363a5e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d9789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0d9789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1.&nbsp;While the meaning of the song is essentially friend zoning, the lyrics better align with an important aspect of Orsino\u2019s characteristic: his persistence for Olivia\u2019s love. Anne-Marie accurately describes his desperateness through this bar:<br>\u201cHave you got no shame? You looking insane<br>Turning up at my door<br>It&#8217;s two in the morning, the rain is pouring<br>Haven&#8217;t we been here before?\u201d <br>This resonates with Orsino\u2019s character because after sending messenger and messenger to her door, she still has no interest in him. Furthermore, the repetitiveness of this sequence is characterized by \u201cHaven\u2019t we been here before?\u201d Lastly, his want for Olivia\u2019s love surpasses moral precedence, going beyond societal norms and disregarding her despair and sorrow. \u201cHave you got no shame?\u201d can refer to his massive ego that blinds him from the consequences of his pursuit, as well as Cesario\u2019s true identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. Ed Sheeran expresses his want for a woman\u2019s love in this piece, which is exactly what Orsino wants with Olivia. We can feel the pain that he expresses through this verse: <br>\u201cGive me love like never before<br>&#8216;Cause lately I&#8217;ve been craving more<br>And it&#8217;s been a while but I still feel the same<br>Maybe I should let you go<br>You know I&#8217;ll fight my corner<br>And that tonight I&#8217;ll call ya<br>After my blood is drowning in alcohol<br>No I just wanna hold ya\u201d <br>This excerpt is a testament to Ed Sheeran\u2019s desperateness for love and relates directly to Orsino\u2019s obsession for Olivia: \u201cAnd my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E\u2019er since pursue me\u201d (1.1.23-24). Furthermore, the imagery in the music video for this song visualizes the feeling of wanting something that you can\u2019t have\u2013the characters portrayed are all lonely and isolated from the rest of society. This is tangential to Orsino\u2019s position for Olivia, and the jealousy portrayed by the female lead in the music video is similar to his realization of Olivia\u2019s attraction to Cesario: \u201cI\u2019ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love\u201d (5.1.119). <\/p>\n<p>3. This visual masterpiece is unique in the sense that the music video is completely black and white, symbolizing the absence of a fulfilling life. In Selena Gomez\u2019s case, this is unrequited love that she cannot get even if her heart pushes her to continue trying: <br>\u201cThe bed&#8217;s getting cold and you&#8217;re not here<br>The future that we hold is so unclear<br>But I&#8217;m not alive until you call<br>And I&#8217;ll bet the odds against it all<br>Save your advice &#8217;cause I won&#8217;t hear<br>You might be right, but I don&#8217;t care<br>There&#8217;s a million reasons why I should give you up<br>But the heart wants what it wants\u201d<br>This meaning is synonymous to what Orsino feels to Olivia, especially the lack of fulfillment he feels without Olivia\u2019s love exhibited by \u201cBut I\u2019m not alive until you call.\u201d All the red flags in his pursuit is resembled with \u201cThere\u2019s a million reasons why I should give you up,\u201d but his persistence is conveyed through her following line \u201cBut the heart wants what it wants.\u201d Regardless of this recurring theme, I choose this song specifically because of the imagery and despair that the music video shows to the audience. Through this lens, the audience begins to feel sympathy for Orsino\u2019s predisposition, which is something that the play largely avoids. <\/p>\n<p>4. This Korean pop song by Day6 encapsulates the post-rejection feeling and realization of the bounds of your relationship with someone. To Orsino\u2019s story, this represents how he can never have Olivia\u2019s love and her constant rejections\u2013even though she plays with him by seeing \u201chow he [Orsino] takes it\u201d (1.5.252). The following verse captures a possible thought process that may have been going through his mind post-rejection\u2013him questioning reality and going through the stages of grief, specifically denial: <br>\u201c\uc5ec\ud0dc \ubc1b\ub358 \uc2f8\ub298\ud55c \ub290\ub08c (The cold feeling that I\u2019ve received so far)<br>\uadf8\uc800 \ucc29\uac01\uc77c\uc9c0\ub3c4 (Maybe it\u2019s just an illusion)<br>\uc5ec\uae30\uc11c \uc54c\uc544\uc57c \uac08 \uc218 \uc788\uc5b4 (We need to know from here before we can get there)<br>Do you even love me now?\u201d<br>The first line represents Olivia rejecting Orsino, followed by him questioning the reality of that situation, hoping that \u201cit\u2019s just an illusion.\u201d The third line is him wanting to hear back from her again \u2013 essentially asking for another rejection \u2013 to get a more direct rejection. The English line of this song is rhetorical in the context of the entire song, and is more or less a plea for reconciliation. <\/p>\n<p>5. This Chinese single details infatuation and crushing on someone, which is another aspect of Orsino\u2019s character towards Olivia. This is summarized well by the following verse:<br>\u201c\u773c\u8272 \u662f\u5e7b\u89c9\u6cf3\u6c60\u8fb9\u4f60\u7684\u8eab\u5f71\u52fe\u6210\u7ebf (The way you look at me is like an illusion by the swimming pool)<br>\u6e29\u70ed \u8513\u5ef6 (Warmth spreading out)<br>\u591a\u5c11\u4e2a\u5348\u591c \u8086\u65e0\u5fcc\u60ee \u9189\u68a6\u9163\u6b22\u65e0\u610f\u8ffd\u9010 \u65e0\u6cd5\u6b62\u6b65\u70ed\u5ea6 \u5305\u56f4\u4e86\u6211<br>(How many times at midnight will I drink to my heart\u2019s content, without any intention to chase or stop?)<br>All I wanna do is fool around\u201d<br>I interpreted the first line as a take on how Orsino never speaks to Olivia directly, despite being completely infatuated and in love with her. The illusion is that he loves someone that he never even seen or spoke too. I also interpret the second line as Olivia reaching beyond her state of mourning and spreading out to Cesario, building on the illusion that Orsino exhibits with Cesario\u2019s true identity. The next line is a rendition of Orsino\u2019s persistence yet he never \u201cchases\u201d her and goes directly to where she lives, instead resorting to messengers and alternate methods of communication. Along with his ego, this almost hysterical romance could also be seen as him messing around and not valuing Olivia\u2019s space. <\/p>\n<p>6. This Japanese song by the duo YOASOBI is stylized as a love letter, relating to the importance of them in various Shakespeare plays and the role of messengers in Twelfth Night. I chose this song to focus on the consequences that Orsino faces personally due to his indirect communication and use of messengers to seek Olivia\u2019s hand; the following excerpt emphasizes these: <br>\u201c\u306d\u3048\u3082\u3063\u3068\u89e6\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3044\u3088 (Hey, I want to feel you more)<br>\u305a\u3063\u3068\u305d\u3070\u306b\u3044\u3066\u307b\u3057\u3044\u3088 (I want you to always stay by my side)<br>\u3044\u3064\u307e\u3067\u3082\u5927\u597d\u304d\u306a\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c (I hope you, who I love)<br>\u97ff\u3044\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3088\u3046\u306b (will always resound forever)<br>\u3053\u3093\u306a\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u304e\u3085\u3063\u3068\u8a70\u3081\u8fbc\u3093\u3060\u60f3\u3044<br>(So much emotions I have, and these tightly packed feelings)<br>\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3068\u4f1d\u3048\u3089\u308c\u305f\u304b\u306a (I wonder if I can properly convey them to you?)<br>\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u3060\u3051\u4e0d\u5b89\u3060\u3051\u3069 (Although, I\u2019m a bit worried)<br>\u304d\u3063\u3068\u5c4a\u3044\u3066\u304f\u308c\u305f\u3088\u306d (But they would surely reach you, right?)<br>The first three lines outline Orsino\u2019s wants towards Olivia, following with his infatuation. The next two lines depict the downsides of him going through other people to communicate his feelings, and the worriedness is a foreshadowing for how Olivia fell in love with Cesario, while communicating Orsino\u2019s love to her. This comedic interplay is something that Orsino isn\u2019t aware or worried about, but to the audience\u2019s perspective, it is a definite possibility because of the true identity that Cesario really is. <\/p>\n<p>7. This song by Harry Styles is the definition of infatuation, with this verse \u00ac\u2013 or similar renditions of it \u2013 being repeated throughout the song: <br>\u201cHoney (ah)<br>I&#8217;d walk through fire for you<br>Just let me adore you<br>Oh, honey (ah)<br>I&#8217;d walk through fire for you<br>Just let me adore you<br>Like it&#8217;s the only thing I&#8217;ll ever do<br>Like it&#8217;s the only thing I&#8217;ll ever do\u201d<br>Aligning with all the past songs, this again represents his persistence and unbridled love for Olivia. I believe that if he had to choose her or anything else in the world, he would choose Olivia, which is synonymous to the last two repeated lines of the verse stating \u201cLike it\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ll ever do.\u201d However, the addition of this song to the playlist is unique in the sense that the music video sets place in a mythical and magical world, similar to Illyria in Twelfth Night. The narrative portrayed alongside the music video is eccentric but tells the story of letting go and finding a new path in life, which is contemporary advice offered to those going through Orsino\u2019s situation today. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.&nbsp;While the meaning of the song is essentially friend zoning, the lyrics better align with an important aspect of Orsino\u2019s characteristic: his persistence for Olivia\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6346,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/higinbothamlitmixtapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}