Twelfth Night Key Moments - Act 1

Question 1

Scene 1 - summary

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Scene 1 - characters

Answer 2

Orsino
Valentine
Curio

Question 3

Scene 1 - elements of comedy

Answer 3

Wit and wordplay
Excess
Fools
Mockery of courtly love

Question 4

Scene 1 - comedic devices

Answer 4

Iambic pentameter
Personification of love

Question 5

Scene 1 - quotations

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Scene 2 - summary

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Scene 2 - characters

Answer 7

Viola
Sea Captain

Question 8

Scene 2 - elements of comedy

Answer 8

Disguise
Viola as a resourceful heroine

Question 9

Scene 2 - comedic devices

Answer 9

irony
melodrama

Question 10

Scene 2 - quotations

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Scene 3 - summary

Answer 11

An introduction to the tricksters

Question 12

Scene 4 - summary

Question 13

Scene 3 - characters

Answer 13

Maria
Toby
Andrew

Question 14

Scene 3 - elements of comedy

Answer 14

wit and wordplay
fools and folly

Question 15

Scene 3 - quotations

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Scene 4 - summary

Answer 16

Viola as Cesario, their close relationship is introduced

Question 17

Scene 4 - characters

Answer 17

Viola
Orsino
Valentine

Question 18

Scene 4 - elements of comedy

Answer 18

tangled love interests
disguise
dramatic irony

Question 19

Scene 4 - comedic devices

Answer 19

homoerotic themes
inner conflicts
melodramatic language

Question 20

Scene 4 - quotations

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Scene 5 - summary

Answer 21

Feste, Olivia and Malvolio are introduced
Olivia and Cesario meet

Question 22

Scene 5 - charcters

Answer 22

Feste
Maria
Olivia
Malvolio
Sir Toby
Viola

Question 23

Scene 5 - elements of comedy

Answer 23

mockery of courtly love
fickleness
unrequited love

Question 24

Scene 5 - comedic devices

Answer 24

wordplay and wit
drunken revelry
symbolism

Question 25

Scene 5 - quotations

Answer 25

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
what is your parentage