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  1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › twelfthnightTwelfth Night Act I: Scenes i & ii Summary & Analysis ...

    A summary of Act I: Scenes i & ii in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Twelfth Night and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

  2. www.litcharts.com › lit › twelfth-nightTwelfth Night Act 1, scene 1 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts

    Analysis. Duke Orsino lounges in his palace in Illyria, alternately praising and lamenting the nature of love. First, he asks his attendants to serenade him with music. Then, he makes them stop. Love, he says, like the ocean, consumes whatever is cast into it.

  3. www.folger.edu › twelfth-night › readTwelfth Night - Act 1, scene 1 | Folger Shakespeare Library

    Jul 31, 2015 · Synopsis: At his court, Orsino, sick with love for the Lady Olivia, learns from his messenger that she is grieving for her dead brother and refuses to be seen for seven years. Enter Orsino, Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords, ⌜with Musicians playing.⌝. ORSINO. If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,

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  5. www.folger.edu › a-midsummer-nights-dream › readA Midsummer Night’s Dream - Act 1, scene 1 | Folger ...

    Jul 31, 2015 · Synopsis: Theseus, duke of Athens, is planning the festivities for his upcoming wedding to the newly captured Amazon, Hippolyta. Egeus arrives with his daughter Hermia and her two suitors, Lysander (the man she wants to marry) and Demetrius (the man her father wants her to marry).

  6. genius.com › William-shakespeare-twelfth-night-actWilliam Shakespeare – Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 1 | Genius

    In this first scene, Duke Orsino delivers a soliloquy ( “If music be the food of love, play on…”) about the all-consuming and fantastical nature of love. A servant, Curio, asks him if he ...