Twelfth Night Key Moments - Act 2

Question 1

Scene 1 - summary

Answer 1

Sebastian is introduced, and mourning the loss of his sister heads into Illyria with Antonio

Question 2

Scene 1 - characters

Answer 2

Sebastian
Antonio

Question 3

Scene 1 - elements of comedy

Answer 3

identity/dualism
love entanglements

Question 4

Scene 1 - comedic devices

Answer 4

homoerotic themes

Question 5

Scene 1 - quotations

Answer 5

my stars shine darkly - S
a bad recompense for your love - S
envy could not but call her fair - s
drown her remembrance - S
not murder me for my love - A

Question 6

Scene 2 - summary

Answer 6

Malvolio gives Viola Olivia’s ring and Viola realises what’s happened

Question 7

Scene 2 - characters

Answer 7

Malvolio
Viola

Question 8

Scene 2 - elements of comedy

Answer 8

tangled love interests
self conflict

Question 9

Scene 2 - comedic devices

Answer 9

melodrama
disguise as deception

Question 10

Scene 2 - quotations

Answer 10

speak in starts
disguise, I see thou art a wickedness
poor monster
thou must untangle this

Question 11

Scene 3 - summary

Answer 11

The tricksters plan to fool Malvolio

Question 12

Scene 3 - characters

Answer 12

Sir Toby
Maria
Malvolio
Sir Andrew
Feste

Question 13

Scene 3 - elements of comedy

Answer 13

Malvolio’s purity
fools and folly

Question 14

Scene 3 - comedic devices

Answer 14

flipped class system
irony

Question 15

Scene 3 - quotations

Answer 15

a kind of puritan
‘we three’ - F
your cozier’s catches
are you mad?
i’d beat him like a dog - A
gull him into nayword
Penthesilea

Question 15

Scene 4 - summary

Answer 15

Orsino explains his view of love to Cesario

Question 16

Scene 4 - characters

Answer 16

Orsino
Curio
Viola
Feste

Question 17

Scene 4 - elements of comedy

Answer 17

tangled love interests
melodrama
unrequited love

Question 18

Scene 4 - comedic devices

Answer 18

irony
hyperbolic language
Feste’s song

Question 19

Scene 4 - quotations

Answer 19

come, but one verse
in the sweet pangs of it remember me
of your complexion
she is not worth thee then
slain by a fair cruel maid
my poor corpse

Question 20

Scene 5 - summary

Answer 20

The Box Tree scene - the gulling of Malvolio

Question 21

Scene 5 - characters

Answer 21

Toby
Fabian
Maria
Andrew
Malvolio

Question 22

Scene 5 - elements of comedy

Answer 22

gulling of Malvolio
wit
unrequited love

Question 23

Scene 5 - comedic devices

Answer 23

irony
melodramatic love

Question 24

Scene 5 - quotations

Answer 24

the trout that must be caught with tickling
Count Malvolio
come from a day bed
shall this fellow live
C’s, her U’s and her T’s
be opposite with a kinsman
I could marry this wench
I will be point device the very man
tis a colour she abhors