key quotes (all acts) Flashcards
viola: “conceal me what…
viola: “conceal me what i am, and be my aid”
act 1
olivia: “give my veil;…
olivia: “give my veil; come throw it o’er my face”
act 1
viola:”disguise, i see thou art a…
viola:”disguise, i see thou art a wickedness…wherein the pregnant enemy does much”
(act 2)
maria: “thou mightst have done this…
maria: “thou mightst have done this without thy beard and gown; he sees thee not”
(act 4)
olivia: “o you are sick of…
olivia: “o you are sick of self love malvolio”
act 1
maria: “sometimes he is a…
maria: “sometimes he is a kind of puritan”
act 2
Malvolio: “to be…
Malvolio: “to be count malvolio!”
act 2
malvolio: “they have laid me…
malvolio: “they have laid me here in hideous darkness”
act 4
malvolio: “ill be revenged on…
malvolio: “ill be revenged on the whole pack of you”
act 5
olivia: “he hath been most…
olivia: “he hath been most notoriously abused”
act 5
malvolio: “some are born great, some…
malvolio: “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”
Sebastian: “are all the…
Sebastian: “are all the people mad?”
act4 after andrew strikes him
viola: “this fellow is wise…
viola: “this fellow is wise enough to play the fool”
sir toby: “dost thou think becuase…”
“sir toby dost thou think becuase thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
(act 2)
toby: “aside - i’ll ride your horse…
toby: “aside - i’ll ride your horse as well as I ride you…”
(act 3)
orsino: “if music be the food of…
orsino: “if music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of that”
(act 1)
toby: “let them hang themselves…
“he’s as tall as…
toby: “let them hang themselves in their own straps”
“he’s as tall as any man in Illyria”
(act 1)
valentine: “he hath known you but …
valentine: “he hath known you but 3 days, and already you are no stranger”
(act 1)
viola: “is he inconstant,…
viola: “is he inconstant, sir, in his favours?”
act 1
orsino: “i have unclasped to…
orsino: “i have unclasped to thee the book of my secret soul”
(act 1)
orsino: “Diana’s lip is not…
orsino: “Diana’s lip is not more smooth and more rubious”
act 1
viola: “ill do my best to woo…
viola: “ill do my best to woo your lady - (aside) - yet, a barful of strife… myself would be his wife”
(act 1)
fool: “the lady bade take away …
fool: “the lady bade take away the fool. Therefore, i say again, take her away”
(act 1)
fool: “i think his soul…
fool: “i think his soul is in hell madonna”
(act 1)
(stichorythmia)
malvolio: “i marvel your ladyship…
malvolio: “i marvel your ladyship takes such delight in such a barren rascal”
(act 1)
viola: “excellently done…
viola: “excellently done, if God did all”
act 1
viola: “disguise, i see thou…
“in womens…
viola: “disguise, i see thou art a wickedness”
“in womens waxen hearts”
(act 2)
Malvolio: “play with my …
Malvolio: “play with my - some rich jewels”
act 2
malvolio: “her very c’s,…
malvolio: “her very c’s, her u’s and her t’s”
act 2
fool: “send thee…
fool: “send thee a beard” (knows violas lying)
act 3
olivia: “if one should be a prey, how much…
olivia: “if one should be a prey, how much the better to fall before the lion than the wolf (clock strikes)”
(act 3)
olivia and viola: “tellme what thou…
“i am not…
olivia and viola: “tellme what thou thinkest of me”
“i am not what i am”
(stichomythia)
(act 3)
maria: “he is sure…
maria: “he is sure possesed, madam”
act 3
toby: “(to malvolio) how now my…
toby: “(to malvolio) how now my bawcock? how dost thou chuck?”
(act 3)
malvolio: “go hang yourselves…
malvolio: “go hang yourselves all! … i am not of your element”
(act 3)
fabian and maria: “we shall make …
“the house will…
fabian and maria: “we shall make him mad indeed”
“the house will be the quieter”
(act 3)
andrew: “let him let the matter…
andrew: “let him let the matter slip, and ill give him my horse, gray capilet”
(act 3)
toby: “(aside) ill rideyour horse…
toby: “(aside) ill ride your horse as well as i ride you”
act 3
viola: “(aisde) pray god defend …
viola: “(aisde) pray god defend me! a little thing would make me tell them how much i lack of a man”
(act 3)
sebastian: “(aside) what relish is thie? how…
sebastian: “(aside) what relish is this? how runs the stream? or am i mad?”
(Act 4)
maria: “put on this gown and…
maria: “put on this gown and this beard… sir topas the curate”
(Act 4)
fool: “(in the voice of sir topas) Malvolio, Malvolio, thy…
fool: “(in the voice of sir topas) Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore”
(Act 4)
antonio: “shake off these names you…
antonio: “shake off these names you give me… ingrateful boy… seas enraged and foamy mouth”
(Act 5)
orsino: “ill sacrific the lamb i do love…
orsino: “ill sacrific the lamb ido love to spite the ravens heart within a dove”
(Act 5)
orsino to viola: “O thou dissembling cub? … direct…
orsino to viola: “O thou dissembling cub? … direct thy feet where thou and i henceforth may never meet”
(Act 5)
toby: “will you help me? - an…
toby: “will you help me? - an ass-head, and a coxcomb, a thin faced knave”
(Act 5)
sebastian: “thrice - welcome…
sebastian: “thrice - welcome, drowned viola”
Act 5
malvolio: “madam you wronged me,…
malvolio: “madam you wronged me, and the world shall know it… the madly used malvolio”
(Act 5)
orsino: “your master quits you… so…
orsino: “your master quits you… so much against themetle of your sex”
(Act 5)
fool: “by the lord, fool, i am not …
fool: “by the lord, fool, i am not mad! … time bring in his revenge”
(Act 5)
orsino: “cesario come… while you…
orsino: “cesario come… while you are a man … orsinos msitress and his fancy queen”
(Act 5)
fool: “our play…
fool: “our play is done”
(Act 5)
(defies convention, melancholy, fool rules)
orsino: “let me see you in…
orsino: “let me see you in your womens weeds”
act 5
orsino: “me thought she …
orsino: “me thought she purged the air of pestilence”
act 1
olivia: “we will draw the …
olivia: “we will draw the curtain and show you the picture”
act 1
andrew: “i was adored…
andrew: “i was adored once too!”
fabian: “skillful, bloody…
fabian: “skillful, bloody and fatal opposite”
act 3
olivia about viola: “even so quickly may…
olivia about viola: “even so quickly may one catch the plague”
(act 1)
feste to olivia about toby: “like a drowned…
feste to olivia about toby: “like a drowned man, a fool and a madman”
viola: “tempests are king and…
viola: “tempests are king and salt waves fresh in love”
act 3
sebastian: “i had a sister, whom…
sebastian: “i had a sister, whom the blind waves and surges have devoured”
mal - “remember who..”
Olivia - “thy…”
mal - “remember who commended thy yellow stockings -“
Olivia - “thy yellow stockings?”
stichorythima/ repetition shows comic confusion
Olivia - “what is…”
soliloquy
Olivia - “what is your parentage?”
soliloquy (worried she’s embarrassed herself to viola)
