Discuss the two types of love, the Duke's and Viola's, in Twelfth Night. Duke Orsino is in love with the idea that he is in love while viola is in...

First, you must define each type. Whereas the Duke is
simply in love with the concept of being in love, Viola is in love with another person.
Many people fail to actually connect with another person when it comes to love, falling
into the trap that is I am in love--how romantic! Rather than
loving the other person, the Duke loves the idea that he has at last reached that
elusive state, that he can no longer be excluded from the exciting and dangerous--and
limited--club of those in love.

Alternatively, Viola loves
the person. She cares nothing for the concept and is, in fact, pained by it because it
restricts her in the present time period. Further, she had concerns--rightly so--that he
could not love her as a woman, much less as a person. Her anguish comes from the fact
that she loves the Duke for who he is, as opposed to what--and she is terrified that
revealing herself would negate even the platonic love he might profess knowing her as a
man.

In short, one love is wildly idealistic and romantic,
while the other is a love of anguish and presumed inability to be
requited.