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1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › twelfthnightTwelfth Night: Full Play Summary | SparkNotes

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   Twelfth Night Full Play Summary. In the kingdom of Illyria, a nobleman named Orsino lies around listening to music, pining away for the love of Lady Olivia. He cannot have her because she is in mourning for her dead brother and refuses to entertain any proposals of marriage.

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   In perhaps the most famous metaphor of the play, Orsino's opening words are, "If music be the food of love, play on. / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die" (1.1). In this metaphor, Orsino equates music with something that "feeds" love.

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   What is a metaphor in Twelfth Night?

   • Characters in Twelfth Night frequently use metaphorical language to talk about love and desire. One especially evocative metaphor that appears more than once throughout the play likens the human heart to a book and the act of loving to the act of reading. To thee the book even of my secret soul.

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   What is the theme of Twelfth Night?

   • The opening lines of Twelfth Night, in which a moping Orsino, attended by his servants and musicians, says, “If music be the food of love, play on,” establish how love has conquered Orsino (I.i. 1 ). His speech on this subject is rather complicated, as he employs a metaphor to try to establish some control over love.

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   How is Love Compared to grief in Twelfth Night?

   • In Twelfth Night, both love and grief are compared to illness and associated with an imbalance of the humors. In Act 1, Scene 1, Orsino locates love in the stomach and associates an excess of it with feelings of nausea: Orsino: If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.

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   What happens in Act 1 of Twelfth Night?

   • Similarly, Orsino’s mournful speech in Act I, scene i lets us know that the play will also concern matters of love: emotion, desire, and rejection. Put together, the two scenes suggest the extra twist that is the hallmark of Twelfth Night: mistaken gender identity. Read more about mistaken identity as a motif.

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   Characters in Twelfth Night frequently use metaphorical language to talk about love and desire. One especially evocative metaphor that appears more than once throughout the play likens the human heart to a book and the act of loving to the act of reading. In Act 1, Scene 4, Orsino compares his soul to a locked book:

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   Metaphor in Twelfth Night. Metaphor Examples in Twelfth Night: Act I - Scene I. 🔒 2. "debt of love..." See in text (Act I - Scene I) Caitlin, Owl Eyes Staff. Subscribe to unlock » "the noblest that I have..." See in text (Act I - Scene I) Wesley, Owl Eyes Editor. Subscribe to unlock » Act I - Scene IV. 🔒 2. Act I - Scene V. 🔒 1. Act II - Scene III.

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   A metaphor is the application of a word or phrase to somebody or something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison. For example: The Duke of Illyria compares music to food for lovers. Duke Orsino If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die (1.1.1-3).