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"A little thing would make me tell them how much I lack of a man"

-Viola to Sir Andrew -When they are about to duel but she is scared of being hurt

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"Make me a willow cabin at your gate"

-Viola to Olivia -Whilst speaking to woo Olivia, she is really speaking from her heart for Orsino, saying that she will remain loyal to him for so long that she will build her house to stay in.

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"Thou shalt present me as an eunuch to him"

-Viola to Captain -Viola is turning herself into a man

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"Give me thy hand and let me see thee in thy women's weeds"

-Orsino to Viola -Wants to see her in women's clothes

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"I will dissemble myself in't: and i would I were the first that ever dissembled in such a gown"

-Feste to audience -Disguising himself as Sir Topas

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"To do you rest, a thousand deaths would die"

-Viola to Orsino -Viola expresses her love to Orsino

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"One face, one voice, one habit and two persons"

-Orsino to Viola and Sebastian -Sebastian and Viola reunited and on stage together, this is the first time Orsino has seen them together

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"Where's Malvolio? He is sad and civil, and suits well for a servant with my fortunes."

-Olivia to Maria -Olivia is lost in love and wants to ask Malvolio for advice, but doesn't know where he is.

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"Take the fool away." "Do you not hear, fellows? Take away the lady."

-Between Olivia and Feste -Feste has come in and is trying to convince Oliva that she is the fool for mourning her bother in heaven

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"Your servants servant is your servant madam"

-Viola to Olivia -Viola comes to Olivia's garden, once more disguised as Cesario. Orsino has sent her back to again try to convince Olivia to accept him as a suitor. Viola meets a fool, and they exchange witty remarks

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"Devil in private brawl"

-Sir Toby to Viola -About Sir Andrew in the duel -metaphor

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"Do you make an alehouse of my lady's house."

-Malvolio to Sir T, Sir A and Maria -Malvolio walks into maria sir toby and sir Andrew messing around drunk and he starts acting as he doesnt serve them

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"Go shake your ears."

-Maria to Malvolio -Maria insults Malvolio after he leaves, showing signs of bad blood between the servants.

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"Your master quits you"

-Orsino to Viola -Orsino says that now she is a woman she shouldn't be working so they can get married and she can return to being a woman.

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"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness"

-Viola to audience(Soliloquy) -Viola has just received a ring from Olivia

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"I am the man if I be so, as 'tis"

-Viola to audience(soliloquy) -Viola is denying Olivia of her love

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"It shall become thee well to act my woes"

-Orisno to Olivia -Telling Viola to go to Olivia and confess Orsino's unrequited love

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"O time, thou must untangle this, not I. is too hard a knot for me t'untie!"

-Viola to Malvolio -Violas soliquoy, when Malvolio returns the ring to Viola, she has fallen in love

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"You are too proud/ but if you were the devil, you are fair!"

-Viola to Olivia -Olivia is too stuck up and Viola tells her she thinks too highly of herself

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"It gives a very echo to the seat where love is throned"

-Viola to Orsino -Curio and Orsino are talking about Violas dad

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"I am all the daughters of my father's house and all the brothers too"

-Viola to Orsino -Viola subtly reveals herself to Orsino

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"She uses me with a more exalted respect then anyone else that follows her"

-Malvolio to -Malvolio behaving like he is better than other characters, and explains why they would dislike him and seek opportunities for revenge

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"Let some of my people have a special care of him; I would not have him miscarry for the half of my dowry"

-Mavolio to Olivia -Olivia thinks that Malvolio has gone mad, and wants to make sure he gets proper treatment so he could be normal again

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"I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit"

-Sir Andrew to Sir Toby -First scene together, Andrew blaming his own stupidity on eating too much beef.

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'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit'.

-Feste -Mocking Maria after she leave -He is using wordplay to sound clever and also to say that he should be considered smart despite being a 'fool'

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"Let some of my people have a special care of him; I would not have him miscarry for the half of my dowry."

-Olivia to Malvolio -Olivia thinks that Malvolio has gone mad, and wants to make sure he gets proper treatment so he could be normal again.

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'Shall this fellow live'.

-Sir Toby to Sir Andrew and Fabian -Referring to Malvolio -Malvolio is talking to himself in the garden before he reads maria's forged letter and acting out a scene where sir toby is admiring him and kissing his hand and this makes sir toby angry

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'I could marry this wench for this device'

-Sir Toby to Sir Andrew -About Maria -Sir Toby is amazed by Maria's plan and how she has put it together (the letter)

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"I was adored once, too."

-Sir Andrew to Sir Toby -mysterious

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"Most wonderful!"

-Olivia to audience -The cast find out about Cesario and viola -Olivia happy because there is two of the 'same' person

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"Remember who commended thy yellow stockings and wished to see thee ever cross-gartered"

-Malvolio to Olivia -Instructions from Maria's letter told him to wear this and he is trying to remind Olivia but Olivia did not write the letter so she is confused

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"What is your parentage?"

-Olivia repeating to herself -Regrets her own words

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"Why this is very midsummer madness"

-Olivia to Malvolio -Confused about Malvolio's strange behaviour -Says after Malvolio quotes the letter

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"Perchance you come to me again"

-Olivia to Cesario -Olivia enjoys Cesario's comedy and has fallen in love in him and wants to see him again -Olivia met Cesario and talked to 'him'

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If music be the food of love, play on

-Orsino -Introduces the importance love will play in the plot -Orsino is burdened by lovesickness and is a hopeless romantic

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-Olivia -suggesting she is as mad as Malvolio -Hers is a gloomy madness, essentially stemming from a state of lovesickness, while Malvolio's is a merry kind, and originates instead from an over-inflated optimism, as he is convinced that Lady Olivia really loves him.

"I am as mad as he, If sad and merry madness equal be."

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