Characters
Who is in love with Olivia?
Duke Orsino
This event separates Viola and her brother.
A shipwreck.
Love.
Viola pretending to be someone else is called having a what?
A disguise
For what reason does Viola mainly disguise herself?
Safety.
Sir Toby
Viola decides to disguises herself as a what?
A man.
Orsino's speech suggests he feels what way about love? (This is the first speech of the play)
Obsessed/dramatic - he wants all the love he can get
This is when the audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony.
Orsino seems more in love with this than Olivia herself.
The idea of love or himself.
Cesario
What does Orsino send Cesario to do?
Profess his love to Olivia.
Viola's disguises connects to what theme?
The theme of role reversals/disguise and deception.
Love based on appearance rather than truth is this theme.
What is superficial love.
Olivia falls for Cesario because of what qualities?
What character is a serving-maid of Olivia's who has issues with Sir Toby and Sir Andrew's drinking habits?
Maria
What item does Olivia give Malvolio to "return" to Cesario?
Olivia's quick attraction to Cesario shows that love can be what?
Sudden and irrational.
Opposite personalities (Olivia vs Orsino) shows what literary idea?
Contrast.
A love triangle/confusion.
Who does Viola think is dead in scene 2?
Her twin brother.
Why does Olivia refuse Orsino's advances?
She is mourning her brother's death.
The audience knowing Cesario is Viola is an example of what?
Dramatic Irony.
Confusion caused by identities being hidden is this theme/concept.
How does Act 1 foreshadow future conflict in the play?