Names ın twelfth night

1. Names ın twelfth night

2. What ıs the sıgnıfıcant of names? • The most obvious names in the play are Sir Toby Belch and Sir. Andrew Aguecheek. “Belch” doesn’t need much explaining, but “aguecheek” derives from “ague”, or fever. This doesn’t mean that Sir Andrew is running a temperature, but that his face looks pale and ill – as Sir Toby says later in a fit of fury, he is “a thin-faced knave.” • Malvolio”, though not as precise as “Belch”, has elements of the Italian “malevolo” and the English “malevolent”. It showsthat the character is someone of ill will, which seems fair, given Malvolio’s role in the play. Shakespeare’s contemporary John Marston wrote a play called The Malcontent, in which the title character’s name is Malevole.

3. Feste” is a suggestive name. It could be related to the Italian word “festa”, and the English “feast” and “festival”. If Feste the Fool is somehow the spirit of festival, it sets him up as the opposite pole of the play to the “ill-will” of Malvolio. • “Antonio” does not seem to have any particular significance, except that it is a common Italian name, and there are Antonios all over Renaissance dramasuch asThe Merchant of Venice. Both Antonios are faithful friends who put themselves in some physical danger for their friendship’s sake, and both possibly end up ignored.

4. Womannamesgenerallyfinish with “a”. Mannamesgenerallyfinish with “o” • What should be the most obviously significant names in the play don’t necessarily strike a reader for some time. “Olivia”, who is wooed by the Duke, but falls in love with Cesario, is almost an anagram of “Viola”, Cesario’s real name. The ramifications of this are vast: does it mean that Orsino’s affections were fated come to rest on Viola? ANSWER

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