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Twelfth Night shows good use of various metaphors. For example, O, she that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother. (Act-I, Scene-I, Lines, 32-33) My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that color. (Act-II, Scene-1, Line, 1555) Truly madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave’s end (Act-V, Scene-I, Line, 275)
- “Peer’d forth the golden window of the east…” (I. i. 121) In this exquisitely graphic metaphor, Benvolio is comparing the startling sun to a spectacular golden window of the east.
- “This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover.” (I. iii. 93-94) In this vividly evocative metaphor, Lady Capulet uses the metaphor of a book to highlight the depth and beauty of Paris’ character as well as to emphasize the countless benefits that can be derived by a marital union with him.
- “My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (I. v. 106-107) This heartfelt and sentimental metaphorical expression is delivered by Romeo and compares Romeo’s trembling lips to two devoted pilgrims eager to kiss their holy object of worship.
- “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (II. ii. 125-126) In this particular quote, Juliet uses lightning as a metaphor for love in order to emphasize the unpredictable aspect of love.
Who seems less impulsive and more realistic—Romeo or Juliet? Why does Friar Lawrence decide to marry Romeo and Juliet? Why does Mercutio say, “a plague o’ both your houses”? Why does Romeo fight Tybalt? Is there a villain in the play, and, if so, who is it? Why does the Prince exile Romeo?
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.
Twelfth Night: Metaphor Analysis. The Fool- Feste represents the contradictory nature of the play. Though he is the fool, he has an incredible wit, and shows that things are not always as they seem. Twelfth Night- The name of the play is a holiday in which things are said to be turned upside down.
Two chapters deal with Twelfth Night: “Household Politics in Illyria” discusses the acceptance of the various characters into society, while “Feste and the Antiromantic Twelfth Night ...
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Recognizing when his characters are speaking figuratively helps in understanding the play. 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.
