| 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 role as Cesario | I am not that i play |
| VIOLA (when talking to Olivia) ironic because she is not, but also explaining her class to Olivia | i am a gentleman |
| VIOLA (ring monologue) comical – not but is a man | I am the man |
| VIOLA (ring monologue) women hearts soft and easy, fall in love too easily | In women’s hearts to set their forms |
| VIOLA (ring monologue) desperate no matter what gender because loves Orsino – gender confusion | As i am man my state is desperate…as I am woman |
| VIOLA (ring monologue) apostrophises disguise which keeps her from Orsino and misleads Olivia | Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness |
| VIOLA (Viola and Orsino dialogue) intimate quote about Viola’s identity, admitting she loves him | my father had a daughter loved a man |
| VIOLA (Viola and Orsino dialogue) not being subtle about disguise | were i a woman |
| VIOLA (Viola and Orsino dialogue) poignant because doesn’t know brother is not dead so she is son and daughter | i am all the daughters of my father’s house…all the brothers too |
| VIOLA (duel) pun – little act is a fight but could be penis | a little thing…I lack of a man |
| VIOLA (seb. alive) poignant, mitigated grief, disguises herself as him but does not want to WATER | tempests are kind…salt waves fresh in love |
| VIOLA (duel) only uses her name once sebastian has | Viola |
| VIOLA (duel) resurrection as Viola | do not embrace me until…i am viola |
| SIR TOBY First thing Sir Toby says – no empathy for death of his nephew and Olivia’s grief | What a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thus |
| SIR TOBY talks about anxiety, would rather have fun | i am sure care’s an enemy to life |
| SIR TOBY what Maria says about his personality that appropriate in a house of mourning (2) | quaffing and drinkingdrunk nightly |
| SIR TOBY tells Andrew to accost/board Maria. Sexual, crude humour, caricature | accost…woo her, assail her |
| SIR TOBY calls Malvolio a loose woman and hang himself – dark and rude, contrast to Puritan M. | Peg-o’-Ramsay Sneck up! |
| SIR TOBY epitome of Toby’s lifestyle (to M.) | Art any more than a steward? Dost thou think that because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale |
| SIR TOBY calls Malvolio a kitchen servant | Go, sir, rub your chains with crumbs |
| SIR TOBY always wants to party, never serious | Shall we make the welkin dance |
| SIR TOBY to Andrew, ignores his personal comments about love. Only cares about money and polices him as he is the only one who spends the money and how much he has extorted from him (2) | Send for more moneyI have been dear to him…2 thousand strong or so |
| SIR TOBY refers to Andrew as a puppet, controlling him | dear manikin |
| SIR TOBY (locking up M) dark and unyielding, excess, annoying M like a sport | we’ll have him in a dark room and bound |
| OLIVIA mourning but in charge, cross with Feste but won’t engage w/ world | Take the fool away |
| OLIVIA wants to talk intimately with Cesario, first time engages with life TURNING POINT | Give us the place alone |
| OLIVIA shares feelings about Orsino with Cesario | (repeats) I cannot love him |
| OLIVIA completes Viola’s sentence (v. intimate) pity | you might do much |
| OLIVIA eager for Viola to return, she has moved her out of seclusion | unless perchance you come to me again |
| OLIVIA feels she has already fallen in love with Cesario (plague v worrying for Elizabethan audience) youthful | so quickly can one catch the plague |
| OLIVIA her declaration of love, uses painful imagery, feelings transparent (3) | abuse, hard construction, force, enough is shown |
| OLIVIA what VIOLA says to Olivia when she knows she loves her, brink of another loss, no resolution to their love | I pity you |
| ORSINO start of play, love sickens appetite so dies, wants to take away desire for love, erotic? Music feeds melancholy (3) beginning | If music be the food of love, play on, excess, surfeiting |
| ORSINO characteristics of love – beginning | stealing and giving odour |
| ORSINO fickle, moody, melancholy – beginning | enough no more |
| ORSINO supposed compliment to Olivia but paradoxically suggests sickness and death (plague worries Elizabethans) | Methought she purged the air of pestilence |
| ORSINO narcissistic, would be ruler if married Olivia, refers to Olivia’s mourning – if this is how she loves a brother, she will love a lover so much more | One self king |
| ORSINO persuades Viola to speak to Olivia for him, he is selfish, rude because she’s in mourning. Love is selfish | Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds |
| MALVOLIO what names means | ill wisher |
| MALVOLIO he is conceited and thinks too highly of himself (what Toby says to him) | art any more than a steward? |
| MALVOLIO (before letter)not so puritanical, devotion to Olivia has ulterior motive. Sexual undertones, already in his mind before letter. Don’t feel sorry because he wants money and status, eliminates pity (3) | to be count malvolio, velvet gown, where i have left Olivia sleeping |
| MALVOLIO (before letter) puts down Toby immediately, humiliated and wants revenge | kinsman Toby |
| MALVOLIO (after reading letter) delusional thinking, falls into trap so easily so no pity, not a likeable character. mentions no affection for her, just her love for him | that my lady loves me |
| MALVOLIO (after reading letter) vanity and puncture, erotic self delusion which makes him look stupid. Sick with self love and Olivia won’t want to sleep with him | to bed? Ay sweetheart |
| MALVOLIO refers to Olivia as small bird he has cruelly caught. | I have limed her |
| MALVOLIO (to toby) says “i am above you in every way” | I am not of your element |
| MALVOLIO dark, circle of revenge | I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you |
| FESTE has crude and dark humour, joke about marriage | Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage |
| FESTE raises searching q about Olivia’s mourning. Why should she if brother in heaven. Gets himself out of awkward situation – knows how to use his words | The more fool…to mourn for your brother’s soul…in heaven |
| FESTE (song 1) “O Mistress Mine” melancholy- shipwreck mentioned- love itself is unfixed- laugh now, dont know what future holds | Journeys end in lovers meeting, what is love, what’s to come is still unsure |
| FESTE (about Orsino) sees his changeability, same for his mind (2) | doublet of changeable taffeta, mind is a very opal |
| FESTE clever, a “dallier” with language. What Feste refers to himself | i am…her corrupter of words |
| FESTE (to Viola) sees through her disguise, could refer to Cesario’s youth or lack of virility | Now Jove…send thee a beard |
| FESTE thinks Viola is a mystery | Who you are and what you would are out of my welkin |
| FESTE torments Malvolio when locked up, contradictory | Bay windows transparent as barricades…lustrous as ebony |
| FESTE (song at end) moves play into non existent future, anticipates resolution that hasn’t been resolved. – Could be sexual, talks about prank was just a joke. – painful life that must be endured – drunkards still drunkards, everything same as before | foolish thing was but a toythe rain it raineth everydaytosspots still had drunkenheads |
| SEBASTIAN believes sister dead, like she believes he is too. Twin sibling love poignant – Shakespeare had twins that died (2) | My sister drowned, mind that envy could not but call fair |
| ANTONIO devoted to S, homoerotic? In Greek Lit, older man would take younger and educate | And if you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant |
| SEBASTIAN gentle, feminine – talks of his mother while V talks of father (2) | my bosom is full of kindness, mother |
| ANTONIO passion | I do adore thee so |
| ANTONIO (later) sexual conn. homoerotic? gives S his money, magnanimous, kind, avuncular (2) | desire, here’s my purse |
Twelfth Night Quotes
July 31, 2019