much ado about nothing act 2 SCENE 1 quotes and notes

“Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love:therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose…

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TWELFTH NIGHT ACT 4

Feste says: _______________________________in order to remind audience everything is not as it appears. ‘Nothing that is so is so.’ FESTE This character is the social commentator, breaks willing suspension of disbelief, playful, fun, mocking… and is often seen as the…

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Twelfth Night Quotes

If music be the food of love, play on;Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. Orsino is speaking. He is telling the musicians to keep playing their music to take his mind off…

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Act 1 twelfth Night

Where does the play open? In Illyria The duke has a very famous speech, in the beginning of the play, about love. How is the duke feeling about love as the play opens? He is extremely passionate about it and…

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Twelfth Night: Terminology of Comedy Examples

Black Humor The way all of the characters treat Malvolio. The stuff they do to him is kind of funny on the surface, but as the story goes on it gets crueler and crueler and that’s what gives it a…

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TWELFTH NIGHT PLOT AND CHARACTERS

What is the plot of Twelfth Night? In Illyria, the Duke named Orsino has fallen in love with Olivia. Sadly, she does not love him back as she mourns for her dead brother. Meanwhile, off the coast, a storm has…

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English 2 Exam: Twelfth Night, Willian Shakespeare

P1.1: “If music be the food of love, play on, / Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die.” (I.i.1-3)Translation: If it’s true that music makes people more in love, keep playing. Give…

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Twelfth Night

What does this scene demonstrate about the Duke’s view of love? He believes that love is very cruel, as shown by his comparison of love and the ocean, and he believes that love can be very fickle and constantly changing.…

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Twelfth Night – Desire and Love Quotes

If music be the food of love, play on/ Give me excess of it… that surfeiting/ The appetite may sicken and so die – Orsino So full of shapes is fancy/… That it alone is high fantastical – Orsino Many…

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