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Cesario arrives at Olivia's palace (following Orsino's instructions in 2.4). Outside he finds Feste, who clowns a bit and mocks both Olivia and Orsino. Amused, Cesario gives him a few coins. As Feste scurries off, Sir Toby and Sir Andrew appear. Then Olivia arrives with Maria. Cesario asks to see her in private. Olivia sends everyone else away.
- Characters
Characters - Twelfth Night Act 3, scene 1 Summary & Analysis...
- Act 1, Scene 5
Olivia enters, wearing mourning clothes and attended by her...
- Themes
Every major character in Twelfth Night experiences some form...
- Quizzes
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- Quotes
Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may...
- Plot Summary
Viola resolves to conceal her identity—she dresses up as a...
- Modern English Translation
OLIVIA (aside] Oh, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful In...
- Orsino
The Duke and ruler of Illyria. At the beginning of the play...
- Characters
Feste jokes and makes puns with him. Cesario jokes with comparable skill and good-naturedly gives Feste some coins for his trouble. Feste goes inside to announce the arrival of Cesario to Olivia. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew arrive in the garden and, meeting Cesario for the first time, make some rather awkward conversation with him.
Duke Orsino, "Cesario," Curio, and some Lords show up looking for Olivia. Feste makes some clever comments and jokes and Orsino gives him some money for being so entertaining. Feste then convinces Orsino to give him some more gold.
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As scene 1 begins, Viola and Feste are discussing the whimsicality of wordsand engaging in a witty exchange of wordplay. Viola pays Feste for hisentertainment, noting that “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, / Andto do that well craves a kind of wit.” Feste, she continues, is a closeobserver of human beings, and he turns their folly into ...
At the beginning of scene 2, Sir Andrew is angry, for he has overheard theexchange between Olivia and Viola and is jealous. Fabian, however, respondsthat Olivia has really given Sir Andrew proof of her love for him, for she hasshown favor to the “young man” only to wake Sir Andrew up and “put fire in yourheart, and brimstone in your liver.” He cont...
In scene 1, Shakespeare calls attention to his own masterful wordplay. WhenViola asks Feste if he lives by the tabor, he responds that he lives by thechurch. She wonders if he is a churchman then. No, he says, he just lives nextdoor to the church. The joke revolves on the double meaning of “live by,” firstas a reference to one’s profession and seco...
At this point, Feste goes in to announce to Olivia that Cesario awaits her in the garden, and while Feste is gone, Viola soliloquizes on the nature of "playing the fool." She recognizes Feste's intelligence; it takes a mature sensitivity to deal with the varying temperaments and moods of one's superiors while attempting to soothe and entertain them.
Curio returns with Feste. Orsino instructs him to sing what he sang the previous night, a melodramatic lover's lament. After he sings, Orsino rewards Feste with a few coins, and Feste prays for the "melancholy god" to protect the Duke (2.4.72). Orsino dismisses everyone but Cesario.
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Feste is a genius with words and has a knack for punning, word play, and witty repartee, which he puts to use throughout Twelfth Night. As "Cesario" points out, even though Feste is a "fool," he's the wisest cat in Illyria: This fellow is wise enough to play the Fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit. (3.1.61-62)
