Act 1 Quotes Flashcards
“if music be the food…”
If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it”
“she purged the..”
“she purged the air of pestilence”
“to the strong mast that lived upon..”
“to the strong mast that lived upon the sea, where, like arion on the dolphins back”
personification
simile
“what’s …”
“what’s she?” (jelousy of viola)
“oh that I served that…”
“oh that I served that lady. And mught not be delivered to the world”
”- and i’ll pay…”
”- and i’ll pay thee bounteously -“
“conceal me…”
“conceal me what I am”
“I can sing and…”
“I can sing and speak to him in many sorts of music”
“let them hang…”
“let them hang themselves in their own straps”
hes as tall…”
hes as tall a man as any in Illyria”
“good mistress accost…”
“good mistress accost, I desire better acquaintance”
“he hath known you but …”
“he hath known you but three days , and already you are no stranger”
“is he constant…”
“is he constant, sir, in his favours?”
“I have unclasped to…”
“I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul”
“be clamorous and…”
“be clamorous and leap all civil bounds, rather than make unprofited return”
Diana’s lip is not more…”
Diana’s lip is not more smooth and rubious. Thy small piupe is as the maidens organ, shrill and sound”
“i’ll do my best to woo
“i’ll do my best to woo your lady - (aside) yet, a barful strife - Whoe’er I woo, myself would be his wife”
“let her hang me. He
“let her hang me. He that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no colours” (feste)
“or if both break…”
“or if both break, your gaskins fall” (maria to fool)
“thou wert as witty a …”
“thou wert as witty a piece of Eve’s flesh as any in Illyria”
“the lady bade take…”
“the lady bade take away the fool. therefore, I say again, take her away”
“lady, cucullus non…”
“lady, cucullus non facit monachum”
“good fool for…”
“I think his soul …”
“I know his soul …”
“good fool for my brothers death”
“I think his soul is in hell, Madonna”
“I know his soul is in heaven fool”
shall do till the pangs of…”
shall do till the pangs of death shake him. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the better no fool”
“I marvel your ladyship…”
“I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal”
“oh you are sick of…”
“oh you are sick of self love malvolio”
“there is no slander …”
“there is no slander in an allowed fool”
“a gentleman?…”
“a gentleman? what gentleman?”
“go you malvolio, if he be…”
“go you malvolio, if he be a suit from the count, I am sick, or not at home. What you will, to dismiss it”
“like a drowned…”
“like a drowned man, a foll and a madman”
“and the fool shall…”
“and the fool shall look to the madman
“(which one is actually the fool?)
“of what personage…”
“of what personage and years is he?”
“give me my veil…”
“give me my veil. Come throw it o’er my face”
“are you a…”
“are you a comedian?” (melodrama)
“will you hoist…”
“will you hoist sail sir? here lies your way”
“but we will draw the…”
“but we will draw the curtain and show you the picture”
“excellent done,…”
“excellent done, if god did it all”
“two lips indifferent…”
“two lips indifferent red, item, two grey eyes”
“with adoration, fertile…”
“with adoration, fertile tears, with groans that thunder love, with sighs of fire”
“let him send no more -…”
“let him send no more - unless perchance you come to me again to tell me how he takes it”
“run after that same..”
“run after that same peevish messenger … he left this ring behind him”
