Twelfth Night

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Class and society

QUOTE CHARACTER ACT/SCENE
“What great ones do, the less will prattle of” Sea Captain Act 1 Scene 2
“O that I served that lady... Till I had made mine own occasion mellow / What my estate is!” Viola Act 1 Scene 2
“I’ll pay thee bounteously” Viola Act 1 Scene 2
“[Sir Andrew] has three thousand ducats a year.” Sir Toby Act 1 Scene 3
“Ay, but... [Sir Andrew is] a very fool and a prodigal.” Maria Act 1 Scene 3
“[Olivia will] not match above her degree, neither in estate, years, nor wit.” Sir Toby Act 1 Scene 3
“[Orsino is] virtuous... noble, / Of great estate, of fresh and stainless youth... free, learned, and valiant... A gracious person. But yet I cannot love him.” Olivia Act 1 Scene 5
“[My parentage is] Above my fortunes, yet my state is well: I am a gentleman.” Viola Act 1 Scene 5
“I am no fee’d post, lady; keep your purse; My master, not myself lacks recompense.” Viola Act 1 Scene 5
“If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant.” Antonio Act 2 Scene 2
“Tis not the first time I have constrained one to call me knave.” Sir Andrew Act 2 Scene 3
“My masters, are you mad?... Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night?” Malvolio Act 2 Scene 3
“Art [thou, Malvolio] any more than a steward?” Sir Toby Act 2 Scene 3
“I can write very like my lady” Maria Act 2 Scene 3
“[Orsino’s] mind is a very opal.” Feste Act 2 Scene 4
“My love, more noble than the world, Prizes not quantity of dirty lands” Orsino Act 2 Scene 4
“To be Count Malvolio!” Malvolio Act 2 Scene 5
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” Malvolio Act 2 Scene 5
“So thou mayst say, the king lies by a beggar, if a beggar dwell near him; or, the church stands by thy tabour, if thy tabour stand by the church.” Viola Act 3 Scene 1
“Why appear you with this ridiculous boldness before my lady?” Maria Act 3 Scene 4
“Or else the lady’s mad; yet, if ‘twere so, /She could not sway her house, command her followers, / Take and give back affairs and their dispatch / With such a smooth, discreet and stable bearing / As I perceive she does” Sebastian Act 4 Scene 4
“We will our celebration keep / According to my birth.” Olivia Act 4 Scene 3
“Be that thou know’t thou art, and then thou art / As great as that thou fear’st.” Olivia Act 5 Scene 1
“Think of me as you please. I leave my duty a little unthought of and speak out of my injury.” Fabian Act 5 Scene 1
“Your master quits you; and for your service done him... So far below your soft and tender breeding... you shall from this time be / Your master’s mistress.” Orsino Act 5 Scene 1

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