english act 2/3

• what do we find out about sebastian?

  violas twin brother is alive. he is in illyria and heading to orsino’s. he thinks viola has died in the shipwreck. he reveals his identity to antonio
• who is antonio?

  sebastian’s friend. wishes to travel with sebastian despite the danger to him. he has been taking care of sebastian since the shipwreck
• “that gentleness of all the gods go with thee! i have many enemies in orsino’s court, else would very shortly see thee there. but come what may, i do adore thee so. that danger shall seem sport, and i will go.” ?


  reason why ANTONIO can’t be see in illyria
• what does sebastian tell antonio?

  sebastian reveals his true identity (not rodrigo as he told him)
• what is the close friendship between antonio and sebastian an example of?

  love
• how does malvolio treat viola?

  rude to viola (anyone he seems to be beneath him)
• what does viola realize about olivia?

  realizes that Olivia is in love with Cesario. she picks up on Olivia’s tracks with the ring
• “i left no ring with her: what means this lady? fortune forbid my outside have not charmd her!”?

  VIOLA realizes that Olivia is in love with him
• what does the ring symbolize?

  symbol of love
• ”o time, thou must untangle this, not i: it is too hard a knot for me t’untie?”?

  VIOLA is going to leave it up to fate to sort this long triangle out
• what do we discover about feste?

  he is also working for orsino. is this where he has been going when he disappears from olivia?
• what does viola try to convince orsino of?

  that women can love as deeply as men. she tells the story about her fathers daughter…
• “my father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be, perhaps. were i woman, i should your lordship…”


  VIOLAs story about her strong feelings for Orsino but he thinks she is talking about her sister (“fathers daughter”)
• “i am all the daughters of my fathers house, and all the brothers too“


  VIOLA vaguely answers that she is the only one in her family when Orsini asks if her sister died from the unrequited love
• how does the theme of unrequited love continue in act 2?

  orsinos love for olivia and violas love for olivia
• who does malvolio think is in love with him?

  easily convinced olivia is in love with him because of his arrogance. he will show olivia that he turns her love by following the directions in the letter
• how does sir toby feel about maria after the trick?

  adores maria for this trick on malvolio. says that he wants to marry her for such a great idea
• how is there a play-within-the-play?

  maria’s trick on malvolio creates another story line.
• how is the theme of deception present?


  maria’s trick on makvolio (the letter is not written by olivia)
• “be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em”?


  this means don’t be afraid of what life offers - some one born in high position, some earn it over time and some are given opportunities to achieve
• “he will come to her in yellow stockings, and tis a colour she abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests; and he will smile upon her, which now he so unsuitable to her disposition”?

  MARIA: everything makvolio will do will irritate olivia (she hates yellow, cross gartered style and she is sad so she won’t like the smiling)
• how is olivia behaving like orsino?

  she will not take no as an answer from cesario (will not accept the rejection of her love). cesario clearly tells olivia that he will not love her
• “this fellows wise enough to play the fool, and to do that well craves a kind of wit”?

  CESARIO/VIOLA comment son festes quick wit
• “i love thee, so, that maugre all thy pride, nor wit nor reason can my passion hide”?

  OLIVIA declares her love to cesario
• “i am not what i am”?


  CESARIO says he is not who he appears to be
• how is olivia loving cesario unrequited love?

  olivia tells cesario that she loves him but cesario says he does not return this love and never will
• how is cesario a servant?

  not only just orsinos actual servant, but also the idea of servitude with regards to love
• where is a high level of humour present?

  high level between feste and cesario (battle of wit)
• how is a low level of humour present?

  low level between sir toby and sir andrew (drunk and silly)
• what theme does olivia and cesarios honest conversation relate to?

  disguise. everyone is in some sort of disguise
• how is dramatic irony present?

  cesario/viola states that he/she will never love her. the audience knows it is because she is a woman who is in love with cesario
• what do sir toby and fabian do for fun?

  they manipulate sir andrew into staying by telling him he needs to show his strength and fight cesario
• how is malvolio a fool?

  he acts foolish by following the letter (from maria)
• “she did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate you”

  FABIAN tells sir andrew that olivia was testing him by flirting with cesario in front of him
• what does the duel represent?

  conventional rule of dramatic love
• what is sebastian grateful for?

  grateful for andrew’s help while risking his life to do so
• what does antonio do for sebastian?

  risks his life to help his friend - he is a fighter - fought and stole from orsinos ship
• “i do not without danger walk these streets. once in a sea fight gainer the count his galleys i did some service…”


  ANTONIO explains why it is dangerous because he was in a fight with orsinos men caught at sea and if caught he will be arrested
• how does the plot advance in act 3?

  now sebastian and viola and in the same town
• who does sir toby manipulate ?

  manipulates sir andrew and cesario to fight (for his own fun - no harm will come to either of them)