Twelfth Night Flashcards

‘If music be the food of love, play on’ Orsino (Act 1 Scene 1)- metaphor connotes harmony, beauty, emotion and pleasure of love and music – spondee shows how overwhelmed Orsino is by idea of being in love ‘That strain…

Act III Scene 3 Enter USL – Sing Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked…dost thou live by thy music? No, sir, I live by the church. Art thou a churchman? No such matter sir. I do live by the church,…

Act 1, Scene 1 Summary Orsino enters and laments that Olivia doesn’t love him. He learns via his servant Valentine that Olivia is in mourning for her dead brother and refuses any suitor. Orsino remains obsessed with Olivia and only…

Sebastian states in Act II Scene I that his “determinate voyage is mere” what? Extravagancy What does Sebastian believe has happened to his sister in Act II Scene I? Died at sea Sebastian tells his friend and savior that he…

VIOLA Viola at shipwreck, denies her own sexuality as must be a male to be taken seriously (identity and loss) conceal me what i ampresent me as an eunuch VIOLA (when talking to Olivia) not an actor, but playing a…

Viola a shipwrecked lady, later disguised as Cesario Sebastian Viola’s twin brother who is rescued from the shipwreck by Antonio Olivia The young lady who falls in love with Cesario Sir Toby Olivia’s alcoholic cousin Antonio This man rescues Sebastian…

viola (Cesario) protagonist. when she thinks Sebastian is dead, she decides to disguise her man and become a page to Duke Orsino. She falls in love with Orsino and Olivia falls in love with her. Sir Andrew is jealous of…

Malvolio Who does Olivia say is “sick of self love”? hes sensitive, makes much out of meaningless things What does it mean to say that Malvolio takes “bird-bolts” and makes them into “canon bullets?” laziness lechery (lustfulness) When Olivia confronts…

Sir Andrew Aguecheek Friend of Sir Toby. Part of Olivia’s Household Sir Toby Belch A relative of Olivia’s living at her house. Olivia A wealthy Countess with whom Orsino is in love. She rejects him. Maria Gentlewoman, attendant on Olivia.…

What instrument is the Clown holding? The Clown is holding a tabor. Where does the Clown say he lives by? The Clown says he lives by a church. Why is the Clown upset with words? The Clown is upset with…