Characters
This young woman was shipwrecked and separated from her brother.
Who is Viola?
Duke Orsino used this type of language when he compares his heart to a hart (stag).
What is a pun?
Olivia sends this item with Malvolio to hint that Viola (Cesario) should visit her again.
What is a ring?
Twelfth Night is this type of play.
What is a comedy?
"If music be the food of love, play on." (1.1.1)
Who is Duke Orsino?
This Duke is wildly in love with Olivia.
Who is Orsino?
"But like a cloistress she will veilèd walk" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
Sir Toby is often seen with this in his hand, demonstrating his defining vice.
What is a drink (or a cup, goblet, etc.)
Thou, thee, and ye are all words in Early Modern English that mean this in contemporary English.
What is "you?"
"With drinking healths to my niece. I'll drink to her as long as there's a passage in my throat and drink in Illyria." (1.3.38-39)
Who is Sir Toby Belch?
The sailor who rescued Sebastian during a shipwreck then followed him to Duke Orsino's court.
Who is Antonio?
When the Captain compares Sebastian to the Greek poet Arion, Shakespeare this literary technique.
What is allusion?
Olivia's period of isolation is in part motivated by grief for these two people.
Who are her father and brother?
The fact that the audience knows both Sebastian and Viola are alive, while both siblings believe their twin is dead.
What is dramatic irony?
"Better a witty Fool than a foolish wit." (1.5.34)
Who is Feste/ Fool?
The last name of Sir Toby's foolish friend who wants to marry Olivia.
What is "Aguecheek" (Sir Andrew Aguecheek)
While describing the effects of a love song in Act 2 scene 4, Viola says, "It gives a very echo to the seat/ Where love is throned." What literary device is he using?
What is personification?
Viola's disguise as this type of person cleverly explains her feminine voice and appearance while allowing her to be seen as a man.
What is a eunuch?
The meaning of the name Malvolio.
What is "ill will"?
"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness/ Wherein the pregnant enemy does much." (2.2.27-28)
Who is Viola?
The alias Sebastian uses on Illyria.
What is Roderigo?
In her soliloquy in Act 2 scene 3, Viola compares her complicated situation to a knot "too hard... for me t'untie." What literary device does Shakespeare use?
What is a metaphor?
Though he wants a higher role in life, this, Malvolio's job title, reveals his status as a servant in Olivia's household.
What is a steward?
Twelfth Night, and much of Shakespeare's other work, is written in this meter (in formal dialogue/ speeches). Higher status characters use this type of language.
What is verse/ iambic pentameter?
"I will be strange, stout, in yellow stockings, and cross-gartered, even with the swiftness of putting on. Jove and my stars be praised!"
Who is Malvolio?