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act 1, scene 1

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  • orsino expresses his love for olivia
  • valentine returns and says olivia rejected his courtship
  • valentine tells orsino that olivia will be in mourning for the next 7 years
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act 1 scene 2

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  • viola washes up in illyria and thinks her brothers dead
  • captain tells her of orisons love for olivia and how olivia lost her after and brother
  • viola decides to disguise herself as a eunuch to work for orsino
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act 1 scene 3

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  • toby complains to maria about his niece olivias behaviour
  • maria tells him to control his drinking and revelry
  • discuss andrew who loves olivia
  • andrews vanity and low intelligence is mocked when he arrives
  • toby needs andrews money so encourages him to woo olivia
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act 1 scene 4 *

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  • valentine tells viola that orsino trusts her and has told her all his secrets
  • rosin notices viola is feminine
  • orsino tells viola that she needs to get olivia to fall for him
  • violas final aside reveals she’s in love with orsino
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act 1, scene 5

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  • olivia, malvolio and feste introduced
  • feste insults olivia and malvilio disapproves of him
  • viola tells of orisons love for her but olivia starts to love viola
  • olivia gives malvolio a ring to give to viola to get her back
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act 2, scene 2

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  • antonio saves sebastian from drawing in shipwreck
  • sebastian mourning viola
  • antonio becomes sebastian’s servant but says he has lots of enemies in Illyria
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act 2, scene 3

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  • andrew and toby make merry in the evening
  • mariawans them about the noise they’re making
  • malvolio is angry and threatens to tell olivia about maria
  • maria, toby and drew create a plan to humiliate malvolio
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act 2, scene 4

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  • festes is ordered to play a song for orsino
  • the song spurs orsino to pursue olivias love
  • viola tells a story of her sister (herself) who loved someone but could show their feelings
  • viola is sent to olivias house with a jewel to give her from orsino
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act 2, scene 5

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  • toby enlists fabian in mocking malvolio
  • malvolio finds the letter and reads it
  • malvolio imagines himself as a count and angers toby and andrew by fantasising about bossing them around
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act 3, scene 1

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  • viola and feste exchange wordplay as she tries to enter olivias house
  • viola encounters toby, andrew, olivia, maria
  • viola pities olivia
  • viola exits saying she can never love a woman
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act 3, scene 2

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  • andrew is annoyed that olivia favours cesario
  • andrew goes to write to cesario to challenge him
  • maria enters saying malvolio is wearing yellow stockings
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act 3, scene 3

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  • antonio follows sebastian to keep him safe
  • antonio says he’s had sea fights with orsnios men so is in danger
  • he goes to an inn and leaves his money with sebastian
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act 3, scene 4 *

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  • maria tells olivia malvolio is mad
  • malvolio enters smiling wearing cross garters
  • olivia tells him to go to bed and he’s delighted
  • he quotes from the letter and olivia declares him mad
  • toby tries to get cesario and andrew to fight
  • antonio is arrested and looks to casario for help but viola is very confused
  • viola wonders if sebastian is still alive
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act 4, scene 1 *

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  • air toby and andrew try to fight sebastian thinking its cesario
  • olivia is furious at toby and takes sebastian to her house
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act 4, scene 2 *

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  • feste disguises himself as priest sir topas

- feste mocks malvolio in prison and tries to make him mad

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act 4, scene 3

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  • sebastian is vary confused

- sebastian and olivia get married

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act 5, scene 1 **

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  • fabian and feast talk about the letter feast deleieved for malvolio
  • orsino attempts to inproson antonio
  • orsino threatens to kill cesario for olivia
  • priests confirms cesario and olivia are married, rosin if furious
  • toby and andrew enter injured after fighting sebasiatin - toby rejects andrew
  • orsino wants to marry viola and olivia is remind that malvioli is imprisoned
  • olive reads the letter maria gave malvolio
  • feste winds up malvolio and malvolio swears revenge
  • feste sings melancholy song