‟There is no darkness-but ignorance.‟

The phrase, "there is no darkness but ignorance" is said by Feste, the clown, in William Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night" (IV, 2, 42). Scholars tell us that the idea of ignorance for Shakespeare is something that is not static; it comes to everyone in different vibrations. Here, the joke being played on Malvolio has reached its fullest magnitude, and the pranksters are beginning to contemplate the extremes to which it has gone.