F. H. Pritchard (1884–1942)
Autor(a) de Twelfth Night
About the Author
Obras por F. H. Pritchard
Great essays of all nations : two hundred and twenty-nine essays from all periods and countries (1929) 15 exemplares
Humour of To-Day 2 exemplares
Short Stories of Yesterday 2 exemplares
Essays of Today 1 exemplar
English Extracts and Exercises 1 exemplar
The Tragedy of King Lear 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Pritchard, Francis Henry
- Data de nascimento
- 1884
- Data de falecimento
- 1942
- Sexo
- male
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Discussions
some words about the Comic Character Malvolio in Twelfth Night em Book talk (Junho 2011)
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Plays I Like (1)
Folio Society (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 24
- Membros
- 10,758
- Popularidade
- #2,207
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 112
- ISBN
- 525
- Línguas
- 22
In Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself as a boy after being rescued from a shipwreck and enters the service of Duke Orsino as a eunuch. The Duke sends her to convey his love to Countess Olivia, who will have none of him. But Olivia falls in love with Viola's male persona and invites him to return. Meanwhile, Viola falls in love with the Duke. Viola also has a twin brother, Sebastian, whom she hopes was also saved from the shipwreck, but he doesn't appear until late in the play.
Part of the humor of the play is Viola's frequent speeches in which she subtly admits to being a woman in disguise, which only the reader/watcher recognizes as truth. For example, "My father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be perhaps, were I a woman, I should love your lordship. ... [But died thy sister of her love, my boy, asks the Duke]. I am all the daughters of my father's house, and all the brothers too, and yet I know not."
Another example:
Olivia: I prithee tell me what thou think'st of me.
Viola: That you think you are not what you are.
Olivia: If I think so, I think the same of you.
Viola: Then think you right; I am not what I am
...
Viola: By innocence I swear, and by my youth, | I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, | and that no woman has; nor never none | shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
The play is also the source of the quotes, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" and "if music be the food of love, play on."… (mais)