Fill in the gap: "What is love? 'Tis not ＿＿＿＿＿" Feste, Act 2 Scene 3

Answer: "What is love? 'Tis not hereafter "

Fill in the gap: "Love sought is good, but given ＿＿＿＿＿, is better" Olivia, Act 3 Scene 1

Answer: "Love sought is good, but given unsought , is better"

Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ that is so, is so" Feste, Act 4 Scene 1

Answer: " Nothing that is so, is so"

Key quote: "If music be the food of love, play on, / Give me excess of it" Orsino, Act 1 Scene 1

Analysis The play opens with hyperbole as Orsino asks for an 'excess' of music to feed his lovesickness . This shows his love is self-indulgent and more about the feeling of being in love than about Olivia herself.

Key quote: "I am all the daughters of my father's house, / And all the brothers too" Viola, Act 2 Scene 4

Analysis Viola hints at her own grief for her lost brother while still in disguise. The veiled language shows how her concealed identity forces her to hide real emotion.

Key quote: "I will dissemble myself in't" Feste, Act 4 Scene 2

Analysis Feste puts on a costume to play the curate Sir Topas. The verb 'dissemble' links to the play's disguise theme and lets Feste mock and satirise the clergy.

Key quote: "all is semblative a woman's part" Orsino, Act 1 Scene 4

Analysis Orsino praises Cesario's feminine looks, creating dramatic irony because the audience knows Cesario is really Viola. The line plays with gender and blurred identity.

Key quote: "Orsino's mistress, and his fancy's queen" Orsino, Act 5 Scene 1

Analysis Orsino still calls Viola his 'fancy's queen' while she is dressed as Cesario. This shows his attraction to the male persona lingers, leaving the play's view of gender and desire unsettled.

Key quote: "Give me thy hand, / And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds" Orsino, Act 5 Scene 1

Analysis Orsino can only commit once Viola appears in women's clothing ('weeds'). The qualified resolution shows lingering doubt about gender and how much his love depends on appearance.

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Fill in the gap: "What is love? 'Tis not ＿＿＿＿＿"
Feste, Act 2 Scene 3

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Fill in the gap: "What is love? 'Tis not ＿＿＿＿＿"
Feste, Act 2 Scene 3
Answer: "What is love? 'Tis not hereafter"
Fill in the gap: "Love sought is good, but given ＿＿＿＿＿, is better"
Olivia, Act 3 Scene 1
Answer: "Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better"
Fill in the gap: "I am not ＿＿＿＿＿ I am"
Viola, Act 3 Scene 1
Answer: "I am not what I am"
Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ that is so, is so"
Feste, Act 4 Scene 1
Answer: "Nothing that is so, is so"
Key quote: "If music be the food of love, play on, / Give me excess of it"
Orsino, Act 1 Scene 1
Analysis
The play opens with hyperbole as Orsino asks for an 'excess' of music to feed his lovesickness. This shows his love is self-indulgent and more about the feeling of being in love than about Olivia herself.
Key quote: "I am all the daughters of my father's house, / And all the brothers too"
Viola, Act 2 Scene 4
Analysis
Viola hints at her own grief for her lost brother while still in disguise. The veiled language shows how her concealed identity forces her to hide real emotion.
Key quote: "I will dissemble myself in't"
Feste, Act 4 Scene 2
Analysis
Feste puts on a costume to play the curate Sir Topas. The verb 'dissemble' links to the play's disguise theme and lets Feste mock and satirise the clergy.
Key quote: "all is semblative a woman's part"
Orsino, Act 1 Scene 4
Analysis
Orsino praises Cesario's feminine looks, creating dramatic irony because the audience knows Cesario is really Viola. The line plays with gender and blurred identity.
Key quote: "Orsino's mistress, and his fancy's queen"
Orsino, Act 5 Scene 1
Analysis
Orsino still calls Viola his 'fancy's queen' while she is dressed as Cesario. This shows his attraction to the male persona lingers, leaving the play's view of gender and desire unsettled.
Key quote: "Give me thy hand, / And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds"
Orsino, Act 5 Scene 1
Analysis
Orsino can only commit once Viola appears in women's clothing ('weeds'). The qualified resolution shows lingering doubt about gender and how much his love depends on appearance.

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