Twelfth Night, Viola Character and Critic Quotes

Question 1

“Yet a barful strife!…”

Answer 1

“Who’er I woo, myself would be his wife.”
- Viola, Act 1 Scene 4

Question 2

“I am not…”

Answer 2

“that I play.”
- Olivia, Act 1 Scene 5

Question 3

“My state is desperate for…”

Answer 3

“my master’s love.”
- Viola Act 2, Scene 2

Question 4

“O Time! Thou must untangle this not I…”

Answer 4

“tis too hard a knot for me t’untie.”
- Act 2, Scene 2

Question 5

“Say that some lady, as perhaps there is…”

Answer 5

“hath for your love as great a pang of heart, as you have Olivia.”
- Viola, Act 2, Scene 4

Question 6

“She sat like patience on a monument…”

Answer 6

“smiling at grief”.
- Viola Act 2, Scene 4

Question 7

“I am all the daughters of my father’s house…”

Answer 7

“and all the brothers too.”
- Viola Act 2, Scene 4

Question 8

“Disguise I see thou art…”

Answer 8

“a wickedness.”
- Viola Act 2, Scene 2

Question 9

“Pray God defend me. A little thing…”

Answer 9

“would make me tell them how much I lack of man.”
- Act 3, Scene 4

Question 10

“Oh, if it prove…”

Answer 10

“tempests are kind and salt waves fresh in love.”
- Viola, Act 3, Scene 4

Question 11

“My father had a daughter loved a man…”

Answer 11

“as it might be, perhaps, were I woman, I should your lordship.”
- Viola, Act 2, Scene 4

Question 12

“Disguise is necessary for…”

Answer 12

“romance to blossom.”
Northop Fyre

Question 13

“Viola as a woman is ultimately shown to be a…”

Answer 13

“natural object of Orsino’s affection, which resolves all earlier ambiguity in the play.”
Stephen Greenblatt.