| ‘A witchcraft drew me hither:’ | Antonio – metaphor of ‘witchcraft’ references forbidden love.- ‘drew’ suggests love has left him under a spell and has drawn him to Illyria |
| ‘My love, without retention or restraint’ | Antonio- statement of love through alliteration |
| ‘From the rude sea’s enraged and foamy mouth’ | Antonio- personifies the sea to show how he sacrificed his safety for Sebastian and starts with trochee and spondee to show emotional turmoil of Antonio |
| ‘Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth’ | Orsino- hyperbolic metaphor used to show that Orsino remains a courtly lover until the end of the play |
| ‘It is as fat and fulsome to mine ear/As howling after music.’ | Olivia- verse used to show honest disgust at Orsino- alliteration adds to insult- ‘howling’ is cacophonic auditory imagery and alludes to her earlier reference to Orsino as a wolf |
| ‘Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still’ | Orsino- objectifies Olivia (self-indulgent in anger too) and suggests she is cold-hearted |
| ‘I’ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love,/To spite a raven’s heart within a dove’ | Orsino- Viola positioned as ‘lamb’ – subordinate whom Orsino is entitled to do what he likes- antithesis of ‘raven’ and ‘dove’ highlight appearance vs reality of Olivia. ‘Raven’ symbolises the evil within her against the backdrop of a beautiful, peaceful image |
| ‘To do you rest, a thousand deaths would die’ | Viola- hyperbole used to emphasise love and subordination at Orsino’s patriarchal power |
| ‘How with a sportful malice it was followed…’ | Fabian- oxymoron of ‘sportful malice’ used to show how Fabian tries to legitimise the prank on Malvolio but ‘malice’ shows it was always intended to harm him |
| ‘If that the injuries be justly weigh’d’ | Fabian- simile references scales of justice – legitimises gulling of Malvolio |
| ‘I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you’ | Malvolio |
Twelfth Night – Act 5
July 6, 2019