Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Act I, Scene I “If music be the food of love…and so die.” ◦who said it?  Orsino ◦metaphors?  Love is being compared to music and food/appetite ◦what does it tell us about him?  He is melodramatic about his love for Olivia ◦what does it say about love?  Establishes the theme of love as a sickness or force that strikes people who enjoy suffering “If music be the food of love…and so die.” ◦who said it?  Orsino ◦metaphors?  Love is being compared to music and food/appetite ◦what does it tell us about him?  He is melodramatic about his love for Olivia ◦what does it say about love?  Establishes the theme of love as a sickness or force that strikes people who enjoy suffering

ACT 1, SCENE 1 “O Spirit of love!...low price…” Why is it a low value? ◦Once attained, love looses it’s value Metaphor? ◦Sea

Act I, Scene I “So full of shapes is fancy…high fantastical.” Who said it? ◦Orsino What does he mean? ◦Love is deceptive, can take many forms, and can be more about fantasy than about reality.

Act I, Scene I “Why, so I do, the noblest that I have…” Who said it? ◦Orsino Who is he saying it to? ◦Curio- after he asks Orsino if he wants to go hunting What’s the pun? ◦hart vs. heart

Act I, Scene I “the rich golden shaft…” Allusion a reference to the golden arrow of Cupid, the Roman god of love

Act I, Scene I “liver, brain, and heart” ◦Elizabethans considered the brain the center of thought, both the liver and the heart were believed to be the locations of love and emotion

Act I, Scene II Illyria ◦An ancient country, near Albania

Act I, Scene II Elysium & Arion ◦Allusions  ELYSIUM-  The only good part of Hades, the Underworld;  The Greek equivalent of paradise  Where righteous people found happiness in afterlife  ARION-  A Greek poet who was supposedly saved by a dolphin

Act I, Scene II “O that I served…my estate is…” ◦Who says it?  Viola ◦What does she mean?  She wants to remain anonymous until she decides to divulge her true identify as a noblewoman.

Act I, Scene II “Conceal me what I am…form of my intent.” Who said it? ◦Viola Conflict? ◦Man vs. man ◦Viola’s disguise will become the main conflict of the play

Act I, Scene II Eunuch Pronounced YOO- Nick Who? ◦Males who had been castrated, which resulted in the stunting of certain growth characteristics, such as growing beards or the deepening of the voice. ◦Eunuchs were generally employed as servants to royalty ◦Viola cleverly realizes that she may be able to get away with her disguise more easily if people believes she is a eunuch.