| “”I know his soul is in heaven” “To mourn for your brother’s soul being in heaven” | Feste uses wordplay to show that Olivia is the fool because she is mourning her brother even though she thinks he’s in heaven |
| “Old hermit of Prague” | Feste is mocking priests here, part of his job is to give social views which are shown in this quote, he creates an imaginary expert |
| “There is no darkness but ignorance” | Feste cruelly tries to persuade Malvolio that he is mad and in fact it is not dark but light |
| “Praise me and make an ass of me” “tell me plainly I am an ass” | Feste’s wordplay is very clever and impresses Orsino |
| “Whirligig of time brings in his revenges” | Feste has no sympathy for Malvolio and says he deserved what he got |
| “I wear not motley in my brain” | Feste is only a fool by profession |
| “Now Jove in his next commodity of hair send thee a beard” | Perhaps a subtle hint that Feste knows Viola’s true identity |
| “Better a witty fool than a foolish wit” | Feste may be a fool but he is in fact very intelligent |
| “For thy mind is a very opal” | Feste is very good at reading people, he can tell that Orsino is a character of changeable nature |
| “And we’ll strive to please you every day” | Feste is given the final word in the play |
| “My part of death no one so true did share it” (I’m the truest lover who ever died for love) | Feste can be seen to be mocking Orsino in his song about a lover who dies for love |
Twelfth Night – Feste Quotes
July 8, 2019