Characters
This young woman was shipwrecked and separated from her brother.
Who is Viola?
Duke Orsino used this type of figurative language when he compared 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 not a novel or a short story, but is this type of work
What is a play?
When, in Act 1 Scene 4, Viola says, "myself would be his wife," she is talking about her love for this person.
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 literary device
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?"
In Act 1 Scene 2, Viola asks this person questions about Illyria, Orsino, and Olivia.
The sailor who rescued Sebastian during a shipwreck then followed him to Duke Orsino's court.
Who is Antonio?
When Shakespeare has the Captain compare Sebastian to the Greek poet Arion, he is using this literary technique.
Olivia's period of isolation is in part motivated by grief for these two people
Who are her father and brother?
Twelfth Night can be broken up not by chapters but instead by these two types of structural divisions.
What are acts and scenes?
In Act 1 scene 5, when Feste (the Fool) says to "Take away the fool, gentlemen," he is talking about this person.
Who is Olivia?
The last name of Sir Toby's foolish friend who wants to marry Olivia.
What is "Aguecheek" (Sir Andrew Aguecheek)
While describing Viola in Act 2 scene 2, Sebastian said that "she bore a mind that envy could not but call fair." 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?
What is Early Modern English?
In Act 1 Scene 3, Toby compliments this skill of Andrew's while encouraging him to continue pursuing Olivia.
What is dancing?
Sebastian and Viola's late father, who died before the beginning of the play.
Who is Sebastian of Messaline?
At the beginning of Act 2 scene 4, when Orsino discusses the "sweet pangs" of love, he is using this literary device to communicate the complex nature of the topic.
What is oxymoron?
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.
What is iambic pentameter?
When Maria complains about "caterwauling" in Act 2 Scene 3, she is insulting the singing abilities of these three characters
Who are Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and the Fool (Feste)?