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Twelfth Night Key Moments - Act 1 Flashcards

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Scene 1 - summary

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Orsino drowns in self pity and despair as he thinks of Olivia

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Scene 1 - characters

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Orsino
Valentine
Curio

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Scene 1 - elements of comedy

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Wit and wordplay
Excess
Fools
Mockery of courtly love

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Scene 1 - comedic devices

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Iambic pentameter
Personification of love

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Scene 1 - quotations

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appetite may sicken
high fantastical
The Hart - Curio
purg’d the air of pestilence
kill’d the flock of all affections

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Scene 2 - summary

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Viola is rescued from a shipwreck and decides to take on the appearance of a boy

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Scene 2 - characters

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Viola
Sea Captain

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Scene 2 - elements of comedy

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Disguise
Viola as a resourceful heroine

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Scene 2 - comedic devices

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irony
melodrama

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Scene 2 - quotations

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he is in Elysium
Arion on the dolphin’s back
a noble duke - captain
abjur’d the company and sight of men - captain

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Scene 3 - summary

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An introduction to the tricksters

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Scene 4 - summary

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Scene 3 - characters

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Maria
Toby
Andrew

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Scene 3 - elements of comedy

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wit and wordplay
fools and folly

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Scene 3 - quotations

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Andrew Aguecheek
i’ll confine myself no finer
foolish knight
Accost
it’s dry sir
the back trick

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Scene 4 - summary

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Viola as Cesario, their close relationship is introduced

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Scene 4 - characters

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Viola
Orsino
Valentine

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Scene 4 - elements of comedy

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tangled love interests
disguise
dramatic irony

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Scene 4 - comedic devices

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homoerotic themes
inner conflicts
melodramatic language

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Scene 4 - quotations

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the book of even my secret soul
Diana’s lip
semblative a woman’s part
shrill and sound
a barful strife!
who’er I woo, myself I would be his wife

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Scene 5 - summary

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Feste, Olivia and Malvolio are introduced
Olivia and Cesario meet

22
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Scene 5 - charcters

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Feste
Maria
Olivia
Malvolio
Sir Toby
Viola

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Scene 5 - elements of comedy

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mockery of courtly love
fickleness
unrequited love

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Scene 5 - comedic devices

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wordplay and wit
drunken revelry
symbolism

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Scene 5 - quotations

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y’are a dry fool
take the lady away
til the pangs of death shake him
beauty’s a flower
give me my veil
radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable
a willow cabin
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