Hey Emily,

I think your remark on authenticity and representation on the blog also connects to our discussion in class today about who gets to experience fulfilling love. Is authentic love that which is pursued, as Olivia pursues–though not the right lover? Is it encompassed in creative language, as Viola can express, rather than in the tired language that Orsino uses? Can it be simply happened upon, as Sebastian walks into the love plot and ends up with Olivia? Is there one kind of authentic love that can be derived from all of the intersecting love plots? Just as we  cannot quite know who everyone really is, we also cannot know the true nature of the love that drives the play.