You can fool no more money out of me at this throw. If you will let your lady know I am here to speak with her, and bring her along with you, it may awake my bounty further. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Orsino to Feste, who has managed to get two gold coins out of the Duke and has his hand out for a third. Orsino says he is not going to be fooled out of more gold without getting what he came for – to speak with Olivia.
Here comes the Countess. Now heaven walks on earth. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Orsino really has it bad with his love obsession for Olivia.
Why should I not, had I the heart to do it, Like to th’ Egyptian thief at point of death, Kill what I love? – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Maddened with jealousy Orsino threatens to kill Olivia when he realizes she is in love with Cesario (Viola). He he filled with feelings of anger and betrayal.
Him will I tear out of that cruel eye Where he sits crowned in his master’s spite. Come boy, with me. My thoughts are ripe in mischief. I’ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love, To spite a raven’s heart within a dove. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Orsino, when driven crazy by jealousy, is a dangerous man to be around. Here he threatens Viola’s life because of Olivia’s affection for Cesario (Viola), whom he feels has betrayed him.
Fear not, Cesario. Take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know’st thou art, and then thou art As great as that thou fear’st. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Olivia speaks to Cesario (Viola in male disguise), believing him to be Sebastian, whom she has just married. She thinks Cesario is afraid of admitting the two of them have secretly married. She urges him to take up his new fortune and elevated social status. Oh what a tangled web these confounded disguises and gender mix-ups weave.
Be not amazed; right noble is his blood. If this be so, as yet the glass seems true, I shall have share in this most happy wrack. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Orsino to Olivia after she learns that she has married Sebastian and not Cesario (Viola). Orsino is happy with his good fortune that he has the love of Viola. He is also happy that Sebastian and Viola are “right noble” in blood.
So far beneath your soft and tender breeding, And since you call’d me master for so long, Here is my hand: you shall from this time be Your master’s mistress. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Duke Orsino, who has been in love with and pursuing Olivia for the entire play, now at the end changes his mind and announces that he is in love with Viola. When he learns that Cesario is in fact Viola, he switches his love from Olivia to Viola in an instant.
And tell me, in the modesty of honour Why you have given me such clear lights of favour. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. At the end of the play Malvolio shows Olivia the famous love letter she is meant to have written to him, and he demands to know why she give him such clear signs of affection.
Why have you suffered me to be imprisoned, Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, And made the most notorious geck and gull That e’er invention played on? Tell me why. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Malvolio confronts Olivia over the writing of the love letter. He accuses her of doing him “notorious wrong,” having him imprisoned for mental illness and making him the biggest fool that ever had a joke played on him. Of course the letter is a lie and a forgery and he has been pranked.
Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing, Though, I confess, much like the character. But out of question, ’tis Maria’s hand. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. It is the moment of truth for Malvolio. Olivia examines the letter Malvolio presents her and confirms that it is not hers, but was penned by Maria and is a forgery.
Alas, poor fool, how have they baffled thee! – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 5, Scene 1. Olivia appears to be the only one who has compassion for Malvolio after the revelation that he was duped and made a fool of by the others.