Act 1, Scene 1
Love being a source of happiness + pain
Music feeds the source of love (personification)
Orsino's lines (1-15) >>> conceit
Orsino is experiencing heartache
He's hoping the music will help him feel 'love' to the point it won't hurt
2-3 >>> asking for his workers to keep playing music so his heart can feel happy again
4-5 >>> showing that love is a positive
5-6 >>> love is a pleasant experience, it's like walking along the street and get a whiff of flowers
6 >>> showing the fact that love has many sides
6-7 >>> he's no longer enjoying the music and asks the musicians to stop playing
9 >>> shows that love changes quickly and is keen and hungry for more
All he does is give his love and all it does is take
Love takes but never gives
For anyone who gives a lot of love, it's importance soon leaves and cheapens
14-15 >>> there are so many things you can imagine in relation to love - it's an unimaginable experience
15 >>> Curio tries to change topics so Orsino gets his mind off of Olivia
Orsino brings it back to love and Olivia
"The hart" is referring to the deer but Orsino takes it as "the heart" signifying Olivia's heart and her love
18 >>> Olivia's heart
19-20 >>> Olivia purifies the air with her beauty
There no disease around Olivia because she is so beautiful
21-23 >>> reference to hunter Acteion
Olivia has dedicated 7 years so far to grieving for her brother's death
People usually do it for a month
People used to wear all black and cover their face with a veil
33-34 >>> if she can love her brother that much, she can love Orsino
Her heart is so big and a heart of gold
35-36 >>> Cupid striking her with his arrow
Cupid's two arrows (hatred + love) reference
40-41 >>> following rhyming couplets
End of act >>> Orsino's plans
Orsino's going to lie in a bed of flowers and dream/think of love
Orsino's obsession with love
Act 1, Scene 2
setting >>> sea coast/beach in Illyria
The Captain is there as an aid and to answer questions + help Viola disguise as a boy
Viola is all alone - she has no family
Elysian (4) >>> allusion - heaven in Greek mythology
Viola might be sad but she has to survive so she has to think quickly on her feet
5 >>> Viola looks for hope that her brother is alive in the sailors
