That he has a chance of successfully wooing Olivia
Why is Sir Toby tricking Sir Andrew?
To spend his money – tricking him out of it eg buying favours from servants / buying off a duel with his horse
How are these characters in disguise?
a) Viola- as a man for safety
b) Sir Andrew – as a renaissance man / an eligible bachelor / educated aristocrat
c) Malvolio – as a serious, moral and devoted servant
d) Olivia – saying she is mourning to keep Orsino at a distance
Give 3 examples of suffering in the play
a) Orsino unrequited love
b) Viola unrequited love
c) Malvolio in prison
d) (Sir Andrew forced to fight)
Give 2 examples of cruelty in the play
The imprisonment and taunting of Malvolio
Olivia rejecting Orsino - standard generic
Is marrying Sebastian a happy ending for Olivia?
Yes, because getting married IS a generic happy ending in itself. She has married a suitable bachelor and she needed to marry someone
No, because….she was attracted to a woman, she didn’t want to lose head of house status by marrying someone like Sebastian or Orsino, rather she wanted to marry someone of messenger/servant status
Is marrying Viola a happy ending for Orsino?
Yes, because…he has married a suitable lady / someone he was instinctively close to and intimate with during the play
No, because….he was attracted to her when she was male
Is marrying Maria a happy ending for Sir Toby?
Yes, because…marriages are happy endings / they worked well together / liked each other / there was a sense of equality between them
No, because….she is a step down. A marriage between different social class.
Does Orsino have deep feelings for Olivia?
Yes, because…he speaks poetry with images and similes of overwhelming love
No, because….he doesn’t speak about her individually / he swops quickly / he had intimacy with Cesario that he never got to with Olivia.
Give 4 examples of misrule (gender/class)
Malvolio trying to marry “up”
Sir Toby’s drunkenness
Olivia running a household
Viola acting as a man
Maria getting revenge on Malvolio
Maria marrying “up”
Orsino being lovesick and unmanly
riotous drunkenness
Give two examples of Feste knowing more than other characters do.
That Viola is a man
That Orsino has feelings for Cesario
Give 3 examples of Feste’s wit
That Olivia should not be unhappy that her brother is dead
That your friends are worse than your enemies
The taunting of Malvolio with nonsensical questions
What are the reasons, according to Sir Toby, that Olivia won’t marry Orsino?
She’ll not match above her degree, neither in estate, years, nor wit.
4 things in Malvolio’s fantasy of power?
Seven servants “obedient start”
branched velvet gown
rich jewel
telling servants they should know their place
What is the climax of Malvolio’s daydream?
He tells Sir Toby to “amend [his] drunkenness”
Why does Maria want revenge on Malvolio?
He told her he would tell Olivia that the excessively loud drinking party was her fault. Bullies her in front of everyone
How does Malvolio irritate Sir Toby into wanting to punish him?
He tells him to be quiet (unacceptable from servant)
How does Sir Toby irritate Malvolio into dreaming of revenge:
He puts him in his place “art thou any more than a steward”
Who has the last line in the play and name the repeated line at the end?