Act 3 Flashcards
What does Viola say to Feste about words at the beginning of Act 3 Scene 1?
‘they that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wanton’
(those that play around with words too much can quickly make them changeable and promiscuous)
What does Viola say in Act 3 Scene 1 about disguise?
‘i am not what i am’
Dramatic irony because the audience knows more, and because knowledge is power, the audience has the most power of all, except we are not characters and cannot influence the play itself. The person that would have the most power/knowledge would be Feste then.
Repetition - Shakespeare emphasises and stresses the fact that Cesario is just a disguise but the characters haven’t figured that out.
is humourous
appearances can be deceiving
identity
What does Olivia say where Shakespeare employs stichomythia in act 3 scene 1?
‘i would you were as I would have you be’
Stichomythia: interchange of single lines, giving impression of rapid (but controlled!) back-and forth dialogue.
Repetition
This just makes the audience confused
Comment on the rapidity and fast moving pace of the play itself - how events happen so quickly and the fall in love so fast - which is quite unrealistic if you think about it because it can take a while to fall in love and take even longer for it to become mutual, but then there are believers of love at first sight. “he hath known you but three days, and already you are no stranger” - shows the how fast Orsino and Viola/Cesario have become.
What does Fabian say to Sir Toby about Sir Andrew in Act 3 Scene 2?
‘this is a dear manikin to you, Sir Toby’
(insult “manikin” - metaphor : the fact that Sir Toby can control Sir Andrew Aguecheek because he is an idiot and thinks that Olivia likes him, Sir Toby can make him do anything. Sir Toby only is friends with Aguecheek for his money to buy booze.)
Where does Antonio reference love in Act 3 Scene 3?
‘my desire, more sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth’
Where does Sebastian friendzone Antonio in Act 3 Scene 3?
‘my kind Antonio, I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks’
How does Malvolio display arrogance and irony in Act 3 Scene 4?
‘go, hang yourselves all. You are idle, shallow things; I am not of your element.’
(The word “element” has been repeated a few times in the play. Feste said the word was overused.)
What dramatically ironic thing does Fabian say about the play in Act 3 Scene 4?
‘if this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction’
Dramatic irony - reminds the audience that this is a comedy, and people shouldn’t take this prank seriously and not to think too much of it. (but then there are the people who dedicate their lives to studying and analysing the every detail of Shakespeare)
Breaking the 4th wall
What does Viola say which is dramatically ironic in the Act 3 Scene 4?
‘a little thing would make me tell them how much I lack of a man’
Where does Fabian mention Sir Andrew wanting to duel Viola in Act 3 Scene 4?
the most skilful, bloody and fatal opposite that you could have possibly found in any part of Illyria’ (ironic)
‘the knight is incensed against you’
What does Malvolio say in Act 3 Scene 4 about his hopes with Olivia? (this is also referenced in atonement)
‘nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes’
