Twelfth Night

Question 1

What were the sources of TN?

Answer 1

• Apollonius and Silla - B Riché
• Academia degli Inntronati
• Menaechmi - Plato

Question 2

What is the importance of Viola’s monologue when it comes to identity and gender performance?

Answer 2

it entices the meta-performance theme of the play

Question 3

How does Viola’s monologue entice the meta-performance theme?

Answer 3

gender is as performative as theatre

Question 4

What is the structure of narratives A/B?

Answer 4

Plotline A is about the nobles
Plotline B is a funny story about the servants that imitates commedia dell’arte and is mostly in prose

Question 5

How does the ending of the play subvert the comedic aspects of the play?

Question 6

Puritans made this celebration illegal

Answer 6

Twelfth Night

Question 7

Main differences between Orsino’s and Olivia’s households?

Answer 7

Orsino: no mistress and stands for disarray, pleasure, and pride

Olivia: There’s no official head of the house, Malvolio takes power amidst the disaray

Question 8

This character lacks dignity and is seen as a scapegoat. It represents the sin of pride and the cruelty of theatre

Answer 8

Malvolio

Question 9

This character is THE petrarchan lover in the worst way by being selfish, fickle and narcissistic

Answer 9

Orsino

Question 10

These characters reverse gender roles and try to be understood

Answer 10

Viola and Olivia