Feste Quotes

Question 1

Introduction of Feste: Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘Let her…….’’

Answer 1

'’Let her hang me.’’

Question 2

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘those that are……, let them use their…….’’

Answer 2

'’those that are fools, let them use their talents.’’

Question 3

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘Many a……..prevents a…….’’

Answer 3

'’Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage;’’

Question 4

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘For what says……..’Better a…..than a……’’

Answer 4

'’For what says Quinapalus ‘Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.’’

Question 5

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘Take away…….’’
‘‘take………..!’’

Answer 5

'’Take away the lady.’’
‘‘take her away!’’

Question 6

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘as i wear not…… in my…..’’

Answer 6

'’as i wear not motley in my brain.’’

cucullus non facitmonachum; that’s as much to say, as I wear not motley in my brain.”

(Act 1, Scene 5)
The Latin phrase translates as ‘the cowl makes not a monk’. This is an Early Modern equivalent to the phrase ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’.

Feste is saying that just because he is employed as a fool it does not mean that he is stupid. He may wear the motley of a jester but he is worldly-wise.

Question 7

Act 1 scene 5:
‘‘The more fool,……, to mourn for your………, being in……Take away the……,……’’

Answer 7

'’The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brothers soul, being in heaven. Take away the fool, gentlemen’’

The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother’s soul being in heaven.”

(Act 1, Scene 5)
This is an example of Feste’s awareness. He sees the foolishness of Olivia’s stubborn mourning for her brother when, we can argue, he is in a better place.

His role as a fool allows him to say to her what other characters cannot, because he exists outside of social boundaries.

Question 8

Act 2 scene 3:
(sings) ‘‘your……..coming, That can…..both…..and…..’’

Answer 8

(sings)
‘‘your true love’s coming, That can sing both high and low.’’

Question 9

Act 2 scene 4:
(sings)
‘‘come…..,come…..,…….’’
‘‘I am….. by a fair……..’’
‘‘A thousand………sighs to….’’

Answer 9

(sings)
‘‘come away, come away, death’’
‘‘I am slain by a fair cruel maid.’’
‘‘A thousand thousand sighs to save.’’

Youth’s a stuff will not endure.”

(Act 2, Scene 3)
Although Feste’s dialogue is peppered throughout with wit, there is a melancholy tone to much of it. His songs repeatedly refer to winter, ageing and death.
This may reflect his role as an outsider; although the outcome of the play has an impact on every other character, he is untouched by it. His life will not change.

Question 10

Act 2 scene 4:
‘‘and…..will be…..,one time or……..’’

Answer 10

'’and pleasure will be paid, one time or another’’

Question 11

Act 2 scene 4:
‘‘for thy……is…very…..’’

Answer 11

'’for thy mind is a very opal’’

Question 12

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘words are…..so……’’

Answer 12

'’words are grown so false’’

Question 13

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘I am….. not her……, but her…..of……’’

Answer 13

'’I am indeed not her fool, but her corrupter of words’’

Question 14

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘send…..a…..!’’

Answer 14

'’send thee a beard!’’

Question 15

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘This fellow is……to play……..’’

Answer 15

'’This fellow is wise enough to play the fool’’

Question 16

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘This is a……’’
‘‘As full of….. as a………’’

Answer 16

'’This is a practice’’
As full of labour as a wise mans art’’

Question 17

Act 3 scene 1:
‘‘Foolery, sir, does…..about the….. like the…., it shines……’’

Answer 17

Omniscient awareness
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere”

(Act 3, Scene 1)
Again we see Feste’s omniscient awareness. He knows that although he is the one who carries the title of Fool, there are many more foolish characters than him populating the play.

The audience may relate to this as we see the behaviour of the other characters and see how easily they are fooled by tricks and disguises. Feste serves as our representative in the play.

Question 18

Act 4 scene 1:
‘‘nor your….. is not…….; nor this is not…., neither. Nothing……so, is….’’

Answer 18

'’nor your name is not Master Cesario; nor this is not my nose, neither. Nothing that is so, is so.’’

Question 19

Act 4 scene 2: (sir topas disguise)
‘‘Well, I’ll put it…..and I will…….in’t’’

Answer 19

'’Well, I’ll put it on and I will dissemble myself in’t’’

Question 20

Act 4 scene 2:
‘‘Why, it hath…….transparent as….’’

Answer 20

'’Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes’’

Question 21

Act 4 scene 2:
‘‘I say there is no……but….’’

Answer 21

'’I say there is no darkness but ignorance’’

Question 22

Act 4 scene 2:
(sings)
‘‘She…..another -‘’

Answer 22

'’She loves another -‘’

Question 23

Act 4 scene 2:
‘‘But as well Then you are….., indeed. if you be no better……..than a….’’

Answer 23

'’But as well? Then you are mad, indeed, if you be no
better in your wits than a fool (IV.ii.)

Here, Feste is speaking to Malvolio, who has been locked away in prison for his erratic behavior, which has been construed as madness. Malvolio insists that he is in fact sane and that he possesses as much wit as the next man, including Feste. Hearing Malvolio, Feste pounces on the opportunity to strike back and avenge Malvolio’s previous insults. Until this point, Malvolio has been openly dismissive of Feste because he plays the role of fool or jester, and even goes so far as to suggest that wise men who delight in the company of fools are no better than the fools’ “zanies,” or students. Feste can now rub it in, contending that if Malvolio has as much wit as a “fool” like him, then he really must be mad. In a sense, Feste is now using Malvolio’s logic against him. Again, this line speaks to the various interpretations of what it means to be a fool in Twelfth Night, suggesting that the distinction between wisdom, foolishness, and madness is quite fluid.

Question 24

Act 4 scene 2:
(In priests voice)
‘‘Malvolio,……, thy wits the………!’’

Answer 24

'’Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore!’’

Question 25

Act 4 scene 2:
‘‘Like a…… - ‘Pare thy……,dad’’

Answer 25

(sings)
‘‘Like a mad lad - ‘Pare thy nails, dad’’

Question 26

Act 4 scene 3:
‘‘the better for my…..,and the worse for my….’’

Answer 26

'’the better for my foes, and the worse for my friends’’

Question 27

Act 5 scene 1: Feste provides the letter to Olivia that Malvolio wrote in the dark room
‘‘Hes’s here…..a….to you’’

Answer 27

'’He’s here writ a letter to you’’

Question 28

Act 5 scene 1:
‘‘For the …..it….every….’’

Answer 28

(sings)
‘‘For the rain it raineth every day.’’

Question 29

Act 5 scene 1:
‘‘our play………’’

Answer 29

'’our play is done,’’

Question 30

Act 5 scene 1:
‘‘Why, ‘Some are……, some……., and some have………..’’
‘‘Madam, why laugh….. at such a…….’’

Answer 30

'’Why, ‘Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrown upon them,’
‘'’Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal’’