Quote Questions: Name Class: 8C Date Topic: Twelfth Night

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Name : Thea Cassius Fernandez Class : 8C

Date : 25th March, 2021 Topic : Twelfth Night
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Duke Orsino says these lines in act one, scene one.
This is the famous opening line for Twelfth Night. This is the
first character we are introduced to, and the play starts off by
introducing Orsino as a man who has fallen madly in love with
another woman, countess Olivia. It holds importance because it
is the line that starts off the whole play and gives the reader the
first impression of Orsino. It shows us how desperate he is for
love and that he feels that music might cure his obsession with
love as he also states that he wants “excess” of it.
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These lines are in the letter that Maria had written for Malvolio,
from Olivia’s perspective. The letter was written to prank
Malvolio and make him believe that Olivia is in love with him,
causing him to make a fool of himself by confronting Olivia
about the emotions that the letter speaks of.
These lines explain that the reader of the letter shouldn’t be
afraid of greatness, which speakers very directly to Malvolio,
and makes him feel inspired, and the next lines makes Malvolio
feel that one of the options will lead him to greatness, and he can
be more than just a servant who takes, and follows commands
that are given to him.
These lines are used to get Malvolio’s attention by picking on
his weakness of his trait of self righteousness and his hunger for
power. The letter grasps his attention by making him think about
the future and life he would have if he were to confront Olivia
about the love she has for him and build a future with her.
These lines are important as they tell us more about Malvolio’s
character as it shows us how gullible he is when his greed for
power is picked on.
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These lines are said by Olivia in Act 3 Scene 1.
This is when Olivia reveals how she feels about Viola.
The lines means that looking for love is good, but
receiving it without asking for it is better. Olivia
confesses that she is in love with Viola, but Viola tells
her that she pities her. It is obvious that Viola holds no
affections for Olivia, and she makes that extremely
clear. This is important as it brings out the theme of
unrequited love.
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“Time, thou must untangle this, not I” is a quote from
Act 2, scene 2, said by Viola towards the end of her
soliloquy.
In this scene, Viola realises the chaos that her disguise
has caused. She comes to the conclusion that it has
created a triangle of unrequited love as she is in love
with Duke Orsino, who is in love with Countess
Olivia, who is in love with her. This is important as it
brings out the themes of disguise, deception and
‘appearance versus reality’. To add on to the
confusion, there is also the theme of mistaken
identities and sexual confusion, which also makes the
scene important. After her overall realisation and
unravelling of the plot uptil the scene, Viola decides
that the chaos is a huge knot, and it is not the type of
mess that she can fix herself as there are way too many
complications for her to handle.
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“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit” is a quote said by Feste
in Act 1, Scene 5.
It is one of Feste’s most popular quotes as it perfectly
summarises his role in the play. In these lines, a “witty fool” is
someone who is wise enough to play the fool. Feste puts in effort
and uses his wisdom for his job as the fool’s joke requires effort
in respect to the specific mood and person. On the other hand,
the “foolish wit” is someone like Sir Toby who makes jokes at
random and proves himself to be truly foolish by cracking bad
jokes without any thought behind it.
Feste may not have the social status of the other characters, and
he may be a hired professional fool, but he represents wit
throughout the play as he reveals the foolishness of the other
characters in the play. As we progress through the play, we see
that Viola is the only other person who truly matches up to
Feste’s wits.
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"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no
more cakes and ale?" is a line said by Sir Toby Belch in Act 2,
Scene 3 of Twelfth Night.
This line is important as it tells us the two types of people there
are in this world. On one hand, we have the Malvolio’s who are
self righteous and killjoys, and on the other hand, we have the
Sir Toby’s who live life (possibly not in the best way) to the
fullest and always search for pleasure and fun.

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