ANDREW 0883 If I cannot recover your niece, I am a foul way 0884 out. TOBY 0885 Send for money, knight. If thou hast her not i’ 0886 185 th’ end, call me “Cut.” ANDREW 0887 If I do not, never trust me, take it how you 0888 will.
Why is Sir Andrew desperate for money, considering his rank?
Good night, Penthesilea.
Possible first sign of love for Toby
MARIA 0867 My purpose is indeed a horse of that color. ANDREW 0868 And your horse now would make him an ass. MARIA 0869 Ass, I doubt not.
Quick wit, smart pun that Maria was anticipating. Shows her smarts and more subtle strategy.
The devil a puritan that he is, or anything 0847 constantly but a time-pleaser; an affectioned ass 0848 that cons state without book and utters it by great 0849 swaths; the best persuaded of himself, so crammed, 0850 as he thinks, with excellencies, that it is his grounds 0851 150 of faith that all that look on him love him. And on 0852 that vice in him will my revenge find notable cause 0853 to work.
The reason Maria leads the prank and not the boys; she knows Malvolio better and can therefore execute it more methodically than the sirs could.
0832 Sweet Sir Toby, be patient for tonight
Trying to placate Toby so he doesn't do anything bad and gets himself into a deeper hole.
She shall know of it, by 0824 this hand.He exits. MARIA 0825 Go shake your ears!
Maria's breaking point. Now both her job and Toby- her possible ticket to freedom and out of servitude- are threatened, causing her to shed her normally good and obedient exterior and take revenge on Malvolio.
Beshrew me, the knight’s in admirable fooling.
The fool thinks the knight's foolish, not that he'd be a good fool.
My lady’s a Cataian, we are politicians, Malvolio’s 0778 a Peg-a-Ramsey, and ⌜Sings.⌝ Three merry men be 0779 we. Am not I consanguineous? Am I not of her 0780 blood?
Disrespect of authority despite being the authority, along with disrespect of the lower class
0814 Out o’ tune, sir? You lie. Art any more than a 0815 steward? Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, 0816 115 there shall be no more cakes and ale?
Disrespecting Malvolio simply because he's doing his job. Because Toby is higher than Malvolio, he thinks that gives the latter no right to do his job, and should just listen to him instead.
My masters, are you mad? Or what are you? 0789 Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty but to 0790 gabble like tinkers at this time of night? Do you 0791 90 make an ale-house of my lady’s house, that you 0792 squeak out your coziers’ catches without any mitigation 0793 or remorse of voice? Is there no respect of 0794 place, persons, nor time in you?p. 61 TOBY 0795 We did keep time, sir, in our catches. Sneck up!
Respect because of rank from Malvolio, contrasting with the disrespect despite and because of rank from Toby.
I am dog at a 0763 catch. FOOL 0764 By ’r Lady, sir, and some dogs will catch well.
Normal fool's wordplay is lost on the Sirs, while it works with the more educated and developed characters in the play.
ANDREW 0755 A mellifluous voice, as I am true knight. TOBY 0756 55A contagious breath. ANDREW 0757 Very sweet and contagious, i’ faith. TOBY 0758 To hear by the nose, it is dulcet in contagion. 0759 But shall we make the welkin dance indeed? Shall 0760 we rouse the night owl in a catch that will draw 0761 60 three souls out of one weaver? Shall we do that?
Confusion of the senses leading to confusion of the plot and character understanding / parallel to the main plot
0712 Faith, so they say, but I think it rather consists 0713 of eating and drinking. TOBY 0714 Thou ’rt a scholar. Let us therefore eat and 0715 drink.
Instant character insight, right off the bat. Gives the audience a perspective on what the scene will be led by; in this case, drunken idiocy.
Does not our lives consist of the four 0711 10 elements?
What do the elements have to do with it? Could possibly represent human nature and engrained circadian rhythm in a way