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Who does Leonato notice in not at supper that evening? Don John For what does Beatrice say she is thankful to God every night? That she is not married Where does Beatrice say that, as an unmarried woman, she shall…

If music be the food of love, play on Orsino at beginning of play listening to music as he thinks about olivia O, she that hath a heart of that fine frame to pay this debt of love but to…

LISA HOPKINS Marriage, 1998 Marriage is a plot device to provide comic closure, but is rarely achieved Hopkins, 1998 In tragedy worlds may be broken and assumptions overturned; in the comic universe the world remains fundamentally the same Hopkins, 1998…

Olivia A01 – Mourning due to death off her brother in ship wreck, adverse to courtly lover, yet adopts same persona when in love.A03 – All male cast – Mark Rylance.Marriage was a contract between the wealthy, romance was served…

Waxen Forms Wax is malleable. links to femininity in twelfth night when Olivia falls in love with Cesario. Sataniad An epic poem from the Satan’s point of view. Suffix -iad comes from illiad where greeks try to colonize troy. In…

What does Viola think happened to her brother and her brother think what happened to her? Viola believes her brother is dead, and her brother thinks the same about her. When does Olivia fall in love with Viola? Viola, as…

1602 ‘Twelfth Night’ First Performed:- Lord Chamberlain’s Man (Middle Temple)- Also named ‘What You Will’.- Presumably written for Elizabeth I. 1623 King’s Servant: – Performed ‘Malvolio’ (adaption of play).- Displaying the character’s popularity. 1640 Leonard Diggs: – Praised Malvolio in…

What is an alternative title for the play? What you will What is the significance of the alternative title? In Elizabethan time, “will” could mean wish or inclination, or it could also mean an irrational desire uncontrolled by judgement What…

Orsino, Duke of Illyria Loves Olivia, loved by Viola, groom-to-be of Viola Lady Olivia A rich countess, loved one of the Duke, loves Viola (as Cesario); bride to be of Sebastian Viola Twin sister of Sebastian; Cesario; page to Lady…

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” Lysander on true love “Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night.” Lysander describes love’s fragility “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Puck…