Twelfth Night, or What You Will
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By William Shakespeare
Background Information
Comedy
Written 1600-1
First performed February 2, 1602
Comedy
Has a happy ending
The protagonist is better off at the end
About normal, everyday people
Tragedy
The protagonist is a noble
The noble is worse off at the end of the
story
The hero is essentially admirable.
The protagonist “Falls” due to an internal
vice such as vanity.
Characters
Viola-shipwrecked
lady
Sir Andrew
Aguecheek—Toby’s
friend
Olivia-Illyrian
countess
Malvolio-Olivia’s
steward
Maria—Olivia’s
servant
Fool (Fete) Olivia’s
jester
Sir Toby Belch—
Olivia’s relative
Fabian--gentlewoman
More Characters
Orsino—Duke of
Illyria
Antonio—
Sebastian’s friend
Valentine and
Curio—gentlemen
serving Orsino
Captain
Priest
Two officers
Sebastian—Viola’s
brother
ASSIGNMENT
Create a chart with each characters’
name and relationship to other
characters.
Setting: Act I scene I
Duke Orsino’s court in Illyria.
Pun: a play on words
Hart and heart by Orsino
ASSIGNMENT:
Make a list of other examples of puns.
Include quotes, line #s, and explanations
Pun Assignment
Pun
Explanation
“That instant I was turned Orsino explains that
into a hart / And my
ever since Olivia
desires, like fell and cruel
captured his heart, he
hounds / E’er since
feels like a hart being
pursue me,”
(Shakespeare, 1993, 1.1. chased by hounds.
22-4).
Citation:
(Last, year, Act. Scene.
Lines)
Act I Scene I
What will Olivia do for the next 7 years?
How does Orsino react to the news?
Act I Scene 2 Setting
Near a ship in Illyria
Act I Scene 2
How does the captain give Viola hope?
What is Viola’s plan?
Do you think it’ll work?
Act I Scene 3
Describe Sir Toby and Sir Andrew
Appearance
Manner of speaking
Character traits
Treatment by Maria
Treatment of Maria
Act I Scene 3 line 122
What are “these things?”
Act I Scene 4
How does Orsino treat Cesario (Viola)?
What is the relationship between these two
characters?
What errand is Cesario assigned?
How does Viola feel about Orsino? How do
you know?
Feste the fool
Fete means “festival”
Fools, or court jesters, were hired to
entertain the nobles with their wit and quick
humor.
They “played the fool,” but were actually
quite intelligent.
Act I Scene 5
Why could Feste be in trouble?
How does he get away with it?
What puns should you add to your list?
Act I Scene 5
Describe the interaction between Olivia
and the Fool from lines 36-70
What does Malvolio say to irritate the
fool?
How does Olivia react to this statement?
Act I Scene 5
How does Olivia react to Sir Toby’s
drunkenness?
How does the Fool react?
What did Viola say to gain admittance to
Olivia’s house?
Act I Scene 5
Why will Viola speak in front of Olivia,
but not her servants?
Describe the dialogue about the picture
(lines 229-249).
Act I Scene 5
How does Olivia feel about Viola? (lines
295-301)
Why does Olivia give the ring to
Malvolio?
What is her purpose?
ASSIGNMENT
Summarize Act I.
6+1 rubric for grading
Underline the thesis (last sentence, 1st
paragraph)
Include topic sentence for each paragraph
ASSIGNMENT:
Create a drawing of each character.
Be sure that the clothing is appropriate to
the character’s status.
Use color and clothing to show character
traits.
May be computer generated or hand-drawn.
ACT II Scene 1
What is Sebastian’s problem?
What danger will Antonio undergo?
Why?
ACT II Scene 2
How does Viola react to receiving the
ring?
What does she think is going on?
Orsino
Olivia
Viola /
Cesario
ACT II Scene 3
Describe the setting
Describe the interactions among Sir
Toby, Sir Andrew, and the Fool.
What will happen to the three men,
according to Maria?
ACT II Scene 3
How do Sir Andrew, Sir Toby, and the
Fool treat Malvolio?
Why do they act this way?
Where does Maria fit in with their
relationships.
ACT II Scene 3
Why is Maria upset with Malvolio?
What is Maria’s plan to get even with
Malvolio? (lines 154-60)
What does Sir Andrew want? (lines 1823)
ACT II Scene 4
Feste, the fool, was at Orsino’s house
last night.
Very irregular for a servant
More freedom than typical
What does this suggest about Feste’s
character?
ACT II Scene 4
What advice does Orsino give Viola
about dating?
What’s your reaction to this advice?
According to Orsino, what’s the
difference between a man’s love and a
woman’s? (103-13)
How does Viola counter this?
ACT II Scene 4
132-5: What do these lines mean?
Why doesn’t Orsino react to them?
ACT II Scene 5
Describe Malvolio. What kind of person
is he?
What is Malvolio talking to himself
about? (22-82)
ACT II Scene 5
“Some are born great, some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon ‘em” (Shakespeare, 1993,
2.5. 149-40).
What’s your reaction to this quote? Do
you agree or disagree? Why?
ACT II Scene 5
The
letter directs Malvolio to:
Be grumpy with a kinsman and
servants
Talk about your political
opinions
Wear yellow stockings
Be cross gartered
ACT II Scene 5
How do Sir Toby and Sir Andrew feel
about Maria?
Why?
How do you know?
Why did Maria choose the color yellow,
cross gartering, and smiling?
Act III Scene 1
What is the Fool saying about
language? (1-22)
Viola says to Feste, “I warrant thou art a
merry fellow and car’st for / nothing,
(Shakespeare, 1933, 3.1. 27-8).
How does Feste respond?
How does this show his roundness as a
character?
Act III Scene 1
Lines 61-9: What does Viola say about
being a Fool?
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
“I am bound to your niece”
(Shakespeare, 1933, 3.1. 77). What is
the pun in this line?
Act III Scene 1
What does Sir Andrew think about
Viola’s comments to Olivia?
How do you know?
How does Viola feel about Olivia?
How does Olivia react to this news?
Act III Scene 1
Lines 145-151: What is being said in
these lines? Why is it important?
“Love sought is good, but given
unsought is better,” (Shakespeare,
1993, 3.1. 164).
Do you agree or disagree with this quote?
Why?
Act III Scene 2
Why is Sir Andrew upset?
How does Fabian calm him?
What “challenge” does Sir Andrew
write? To whom? Why?
What does Maria lead Sir Andrew and
Sir Toby to see?
Act III Scene 3
Why isn’t Antonio safe in Illyria?
What arrangements to Antonio and
Sebastian make?
Act III Scene 4
Describe the interaction between Olivia
and Malvolio. (lines 17-61).
How would you react if you saw someone
acting this way?
What is Malvolio’s reaction to his
treatment.
Is it as you predicted?
Act III Scene 4
What does Sir Toby decide to do to
Malvolio? (lines 144-50).
What is the purpose of Sir Andrew’s
letter? To whom shall it be sent?
Act III Scene 4
What will Sir Toby do with the letter?
What is Viola’s reaction to the challenge
to duel?
What is Toby’s role in the duel?
What do you think of him for doing this?
Act III Scene 4
How is Viola saved from the duel?
Why did Antonio do this?
What happens to Antonio? Lines 341-2
What’s happening in lines 344-75
Act III Scene 4
Why does Viola think her brother might
still be alive?
How does she feel about this news?
What do Toby and Fabian think of Viola?
Act IV Scene 1
Describe the interaction between Feste
and Sebastian.
What is Feste going to do when he
leaves?
Why does Sir Andrew beat Sebastian?
Act IV Scene 1
How does Olivia end the fight between
Sir Andrew and Sebastian?
How does Sebastian feel about Olivia?
Act IV Scene 2
What will Feste pretend to be? Why?
Malvolio says that it’s dark. How does
Feste (Sir Topas) respond?
Sir Toby wants the joke with Malvolio to
end. Why?
Act IV Scene 2
How does Malvolio feel?
How do you feel about his character?
Are you sympathetic, or does he deserve it?
Act IV Scene 3
What are Sebastian and Olivia going to
do?
Why will it be done in secret?
Act V Scene 1
What is the purpose of Orsino’s
discussion with Feste?
How does Orsino react to seing
Antonio?
How does Antonio explain his presence
in Illyria?
Act V Scene 1
Orsino knows that Olivia loves Viola.
What does he threaten to do to Viola?
How does Viola react to hear that she’s
married to Olivia?
What proof does Olivia use?
Act V Scene 1
Why is a surgeon needed? Lines 182-8
Lines 226-7: How are the mysteries
resolved?
Who does Sebastian think Viola is?
How does she explain her masculine
clothing?
Act V Scene 1
Lines 330-5: What is Olivia saying?
Whom did Sir Toby marry? Why?
“For the rain it raineth every day”
(Shakespeare 1993, 5.1. 415).
What does this line mean?
Is it “in character” for Feste?
Does it fit the mood of this scene?