12th Night : Maria

Question 1

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Fair lady, do you think you have fools at hand?” [Sir Andrew]
…

Answer 1

“Sir, I have not you by th’hand.”
- Maria, Act 1, Scene 3

Question 2

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Ay, sir, I have them at my fingers’ ends…”

Answer 2

“Marry, now I let go of your hand I am barren.”
- Maria, Act 1, Scene 3

Question 3

Clever Servant Stock character

“Thou wert as…”

Answer 3

“witty a piece of Eve’s flesh as any in Illyria.”
- Feste, Act 1, Scene 5

Feste saying maria’s intelligence is attractive

Question 4

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Go shake…”

Answer 4

“your ears.”
- Maria, Act 2, Scene 3

Question 5

Clever Servant Stock Character + Disguise and Deception

“For monsieur Malvolio, let me alone with him…”

Answer 5

“If i do not gull him into a nayword and make him a common recreation, do not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed.”
- Maria Act 2, Scene 3

Question 6

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Possess us…”

Answer 6

“Possess us.”
- Sir Toby, Act 2, Scene 3

Topsy turvy nature of play - reversal of societal standings - two gentlemen enraptured by the witty Maria

Question 7

Clever Servant Stock Character

“She’s a beagle,…”

Answer 7

“true bred, and one that adores me.”
- Sir Toby Act 2, Scene 4

Question 8

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Here comes my…”
“Will thou…”

Answer 8

“noble gull catcher” - Fabian, 2,5
“set thy foot o’my neck?” - Sir Toby 2,5

Question 9

Clever Servant Stock Character

“Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip…”

Answer 9

“and become thy bondslave.”
- Sir Toby Act 2,5

Willing to become Maria’s slave because so impressed by her gulling of Malvolio.

Question 10

Disguise and Deception

“Nay, I prithee put on this…”

Answer 10

“gown and this beard, make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate.”
- Maria Act 4,2

Ochestrator of the gulling

Question 11

Disguise and Deception

“Thou mightst have done this without…”

Answer 11

“thy beard and gown. He sees thee not.”
- Maria 4,2

Perhaps recognises the cruelty of their gulling, emphasising the cruelty or the ridiculousness of their actions PATHOS or bringing up concerns to the audience.

Question 12

Disguise and Deception ; societal order

“Maria writ the letter, at Sir Toby’s great importance…”

Answer 12

“in recompense whereof he hath married her.”
- Fabian 5,1