Twelfth Night: AS & A2 York Notes A Level Revision Guide

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LOCATION AND SETTING – Illyria 3 of 3

Things are not always what they seem in Illyria.

Orsino conflates references to the senses in his opening speech about music, O it came o'er my ear like the sweet   / That breathes upon a bank of   (I.1.5–6).

Ask yourself: To what extent is Illyria presented as a place in which the senses are unreliable and more powerful than they should be?