Characters
In love with Orsino
Who is Viola/Cesario?
"Better a witty Fool than a foolish Wit."
Who is Feste? (1.5.34)
How Sebastian and Viola arrive in Illyria
What is a shipwreck?
Western drama primarily dates back to these two civilizations
What are Ancient Greece and Rome?
Wherefore
What is "Why?"
Olivia's steward, "sick with self-love"
Who is Malvolio?
"Methinks his words do from such passion fly / that he believes himself; so do not I. / Prove true, imagination, O, prove true, / That I, dear brother, be now ta'en for you!"
Who is Viola? (3.4.393-396)
The article of clothing which is to tell Olivia that Malvolio has received "her" letter
Yellow stockings
The dramatic pyramid was first described by this man
Who is Gustav Freytag?
Shrew
Who is a woman who nags or is bad tempered?
Sebastian's friend, arrested by city guards
Who is Antonio?
"I will give out diverse schedules of my beauty. It shall be inventoried and every particle and utensil labeled to my will: as, item, two lips indifferent red..."
Who is Olivia? (1.5.243-246)
The cause for the prank played on Malvolio
What was Malvolio rudely breaking up a loud, drunken party?
Act in which action proceeding from the climax begins to wrap up
What is Act Four
Prithee
What is literally "pray thee," or "I beg you" or "please?"
Self-absorbed, unwilling to take no for an answer, these two characters are mirrors of one another
Who are Olivia and Orsino?
"She never told her love, / but let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud, / feed on her damask cheek."
Who is Viola/Cesario? (2.5.122-124)
Why Andrew is demoralized and ready to leave Illyria
What is overhearing Olivia confess her love to Cesario?
The ruler of England while Shakespeare wrote most of his plays
Who is Elizabeth I?
Cross-gartered
What is a particularly fancy way of tying one's garters (the ribbons that hold up one's stockings)?
The true instigator of the duel
Who is Sir Toby?
"This will so fright them both that they will kill one another by the look, like cockatrices."
Who is Sir Toby? (3.4.202-204)
Actions used to "cure" Malvolio of his madness
What are prayer, exorcism, holy water, and imprisonment?
The reason for the masks depicting happy and sad faces in theater.
What was the single actor used in Ancient Greek drama?
Holy fool
Who is someone touched by God/the gods that is allowed to speak truths that others cannot?