Viola: Then think you right. I am not what I am.
Olivia: I would you were as I would have you be. (III.i.148-9)
Olivia is professing her love for Cesario, but he isn't returning the favor because underneath the disguise, it is Viola. The line Viola says can be taken two ways; as she is not in love with Olivia or that she isn't really the man she thinks she is. This almost seems as a desperate plea made by Olivia because she so desperately wants Cesario to love her back. She wants the feelings she feels for him to be separated, but they are not. Cesario is just the mess anger of the man that truly loves Olivia, yet Olivia ends up falling for Cesario instead.
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Do all lovers desire such obedience from their beloveds?
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