Twelfth Night

Question 1

Tim Carroll on Malvolio (2)

Answer 1

1. ‘Self contradictory character’

2. ‘A tragi-comic character’

Question 2

Marcus Boyle on Malvolio

Shakespeare doesn’t…

Answer 2

Shakespeare doesn’t strive too much to portray Malvolio as a likeable character’

Question 3

Stephen Crowder on Viola

While viola’s disguise…

Answer 3

While Violas disguise gives her access to a different world, it also causes her many problems.

Question 4

Tonkin on Orsino

Viola and Orsino are…

Answer 4

Viola and Orsino are not the same, but each constitutes a manifestation of Orsino’s desire: the love of comfort and despair near- allied.

Question 5

Brooklyn Robinson on Feste

The Shakespearean fool is…

Answer 5

The Shakespearean fool is usually separate from the other characters and the resolution of the play

Question 6

Brooklyn Robinson on Feste

While he is the jester…

Answer 6

While he is the jester, he speaks more truth than folly

Question 7

Bachtin on the whole play

Carnival offers..

Answer 7

Carnival offers the chance to have a new outlook on the world

Question 8

Gibson on the whole play

Illyria for all..

Answer 8

Illyria for all its untrustworthiness is a safe place

Question 9

Gibson on the whole play

A never land…

Answer 9

A never land of make believe and illusions

Question 10

Gibson on the whole play

A tipsy turbo

Answer 10

A tipsy turvy world of confusion and masquerades