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viola: “conceal me what…

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viola: “conceal me what i am, and be my aid”

act 1

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olivia: “give my veil;…

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olivia: “give my veil; come throw it o’er my face”

act 1

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viola:”disguise, i see thou art a…

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viola:”disguise, i see thou art a wickedness…wherein the pregnant enemy does much”
(act 2)

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maria: “thou mightst have done this…

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maria: “thou mightst have done this without thy beard and gown; he sees thee not”
(act 4)

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olivia: “o you are sick of…

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olivia: “o you are sick of self love malvolio”

act 1

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maria: “sometimes he is a…

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maria: “sometimes he is a kind of puritan”

act 2

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Malvolio: “to be…

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Malvolio: “to be count malvolio!”

act 2

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malvolio: “they have laid me…

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malvolio: “they have laid me here in hideous darkness”

act 4

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malvolio: “ill be revenged on…

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malvolio: “ill be revenged on the whole pack of you”

act 5

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olivia: “he hath been most…

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olivia: “he hath been most notoriously abused”

act 5

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malvolio: “some are born great, some…

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malvolio: “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”

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Sebastian: “are all the…

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Sebastian: “are all the people mad?”

act4 after andrew strikes him

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viola: “this fellow is wise…

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viola: “this fellow is wise enough to play the fool”

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sir toby: “dost thou think becuase…”

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“sir toby dost thou think becuase thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
(act 2)

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toby: “aside - i’ll ride your horse…

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toby: “aside - i’ll ride your horse as well as I ride you…”
(act 3)

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orsino: “if music be the food of…

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orsino: “if music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of that”
(act 1)

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toby: “let them hang themselves…

“he’s as tall as…

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toby: “let them hang themselves in their own straps”
“he’s as tall as any man in Illyria”
(act 1)

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valentine: “he hath known you but …

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valentine: “he hath known you but 3 days, and already you are no stranger”
(act 1)

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viola: “is he inconstant,…

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viola: “is he inconstant, sir, in his favours?”

act 1

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orsino: “i have unclasped to…

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orsino: “i have unclasped to thee the book of my secret soul”
(act 1)

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orsino: “Diana’s lip is not…

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orsino: “Diana’s lip is not more smooth and more rubious”

act 1

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viola: “ill do my best to woo…

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viola: “ill do my best to woo your lady - (aside) - yet, a barful of strife… myself would be his wife”
(act 1)

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fool: “the lady bade take away …

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fool: “the lady bade take away the fool. Therefore, i say again, take her away”
(act 1)

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fool: “i think his soul…

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fool: “i think his soul is in hell madonna”
(act 1)

(stichorythmia)

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malvolio: “i marvel your ladyship…

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malvolio: “i marvel your ladyship takes such delight in such a barren rascal”
(act 1)

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viola: “excellently done…

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viola: “excellently done, if God did all”

act 1

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viola: “disguise, i see thou…

“in womens…

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viola: “disguise, i see thou art a wickedness”
“in womens waxen hearts”
(act 2)

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Malvolio: “play with my …

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Malvolio: “play with my - some rich jewels”

act 2

29
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malvolio: “her very c’s,…

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malvolio: “her very c’s, her u’s and her t’s”

act 2

30
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fool: “send thee…

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fool: “send thee a beard” (knows violas lying)

act 3

31
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olivia: “if one should be a prey, how much…

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olivia: “if one should be a prey, how much the better to fall before the lion than the wolf (clock strikes)”
(act 3)

32
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olivia and viola: “tellme what thou…

“i am not…

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olivia and viola: “tellme what thou thinkest of me”
“i am not what i am”
(stichomythia)
(act 3)

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maria: “he is sure…

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maria: “he is sure possesed, madam”

act 3

34
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toby: “(to malvolio) how now my…

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toby: “(to malvolio) how now my bawcock? how dost thou chuck?”
(act 3)

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malvolio: “go hang yourselves…

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malvolio: “go hang yourselves all! … i am not of your element”
(act 3)

36
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fabian and maria: “we shall make …

“the house will…

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fabian and maria: “we shall make him mad indeed”
“the house will be the quieter”
(act 3)

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andrew: “let him let the matter…

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andrew: “let him let the matter slip, and ill give him my horse, gray capilet”
(act 3)

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toby: “(aside) ill rideyour horse…

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toby: “(aside) ill ride your horse as well as i ride you”

act 3

39
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viola: “(aisde) pray god defend …

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viola: “(aisde) pray god defend me! a little thing would make me tell them how much i lack of a man”
(act 3)

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sebastian: “(aside) what relish is thie? how…

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sebastian: “(aside) what relish is this? how runs the stream? or am i mad?”
(Act 4)

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maria: “put on this gown and…

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maria: “put on this gown and this beard… sir topas the curate”
(Act 4)

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fool: “(in the voice of sir topas) Malvolio, Malvolio, thy…

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fool: “(in the voice of sir topas) Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore”
(Act 4)

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antonio: “shake off these names you…

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antonio: “shake off these names you give me… ingrateful boy… seas enraged and foamy mouth”
(Act 5)

44
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orsino: “ill sacrific the lamb i do love…

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orsino: “ill sacrific the lamb ido love to spite the ravens heart within a dove”
(Act 5)

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orsino to viola: “O thou dissembling cub? … direct…

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orsino to viola: “O thou dissembling cub? … direct thy feet where thou and i henceforth may never meet”
(Act 5)

46
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toby: “will you help me? - an…

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toby: “will you help me? - an ass-head, and a coxcomb, a thin faced knave”
(Act 5)

47
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sebastian: “thrice - welcome…

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sebastian: “thrice - welcome, drowned viola”

Act 5

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malvolio: “madam you wronged me,…

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malvolio: “madam you wronged me, and the world shall know it… the madly used malvolio”
(Act 5)

49
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orsino: “your master quits you… so…

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orsino: “your master quits you… so much against themetle of your sex”
(Act 5)

50
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fool: “by the lord, fool, i am not …

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fool: “by the lord, fool, i am not mad! … time bring in his revenge”
(Act 5)

51
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orsino: “cesario come… while you…

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orsino: “cesario come… while you are a man … orsinos msitress and his fancy queen”
(Act 5)

52
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fool: “our play…

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fool: “our play is done”
(Act 5)
(defies convention, melancholy, fool rules)

53
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orsino: “let me see you in…

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orsino: “let me see you in your womens weeds”

act 5

54
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orsino: “me thought she …

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orsino: “me thought she purged the air of pestilence”

act 1

55
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olivia: “we will draw the …

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olivia: “we will draw the curtain and show you the picture”

act 1

56
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andrew: “i was adored…

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andrew: “i was adored once too!”

57
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fabian: “skillful, bloody…

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fabian: “skillful, bloody and fatal opposite”

act 3

58
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olivia about viola: “even so quickly may…

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olivia about viola: “even so quickly may one catch the plague”
(act 1)

59
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feste to olivia about toby: “like a drowned…

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feste to olivia about toby: “like a drowned man, a fool and a madman”

60
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viola: “tempests are king and…

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viola: “tempests are king and salt waves fresh in love”

act 3

61
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sebastian: “i had a sister, whom…

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sebastian: “i had a sister, whom the blind waves and surges have devoured”

62
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mal - “remember who..”

Olivia - “thy…”

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mal - “remember who commended thy yellow stockings -“

Olivia - “thy yellow stockings?”

stichorythima/ repetition shows comic confusion

63
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Olivia - “what is…”

soliloquy

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Olivia - “what is your parentage?”

soliloquy (worried she’s embarrassed herself to viola)

English - The Twelfth Night (7 decks)

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