Character Quotes
He asks, “What a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thus?”
Who is Sir Toby Belch?
The festive, rule-breaking spirit Toby embodies.
What is Carnival/Misrule?
Toby engineers a duel between these two characters for sport.
Who are Sir Andrew & Cesario (Viola)?
The trick played on Malvolio by Toby, Maria & Fabian.
What is a love letter?
Toby’s role: a permanent, disruptive ________.
What is a parasitic kinsman/uncle?
Who says , “He speaks nothing but madman. Fie on him!” and to who
Who is Olivia and Sir Toby Belch?
The order Olivia imposes, which Toby opposes.
What is mourning?
The real fighter who ends up beating Toby and Sir Andrew?
Who is Sebastian?
What Toby hates Malvolio for representing?
What is joylessness?
Olivia’s initial failure: she does this with Toby’s behavior.
What is tolerate/indulge?
This character delivers: “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
Who is Sir Toby Belch?
The household as a small, disordered model of the larger world.
What is a microcosm/"world upside down"?
The real reason Toby arranges the duel.
What is amusement?
This larger household problem produces the Malvolio plot.
What is the Olivia-Toby dispute?
Toby’s power exists only as long as Olivia allows it, making his position fundamentally this.
What is her household/estate?
Olivia’s final verdict: “He shall be roundly dealt with.”
(Who is the target?)
Who is Sir Toby Belch?
The symbolic battle: Toby’s revels vs. Olivia’s veil.
What is Carnival vs. Lent?
The duel forces Olivia to do this for the first time.
What is assert her authority?
Ironic result: the prank makes Olivia finally do this to Toby.
What is banish him?
Toby’s power exists only as long as Olivia allows it, making his position fundamentally this.
What is dependent?
This is what the family fight actually does to the main love story in the play.
What is complicating it ?
Toby’s role as temporary, then expelled, “Lord of ______.”
What is the Lord of Misrule?
The duel directly causes this for Toby.
What is his beating & humiliation/downfall?
The letter tells Malvolio to wear these two items Olivia detests.
What are yellow stockings & cross-garters? (Act 2, Scene 5)
The ultimate trade: Olivia gains this, Toby loses it.
What is authority/control?