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

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Fill in the missing word(s) in the quotation below, then check your answers.

USE OF LANGUAGE – Riddling words 1 of 2

Paradox – the way in which things can be true and not true – is central to the play.

On seeing Viola and Sebastian together, Orsino says, One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons – / A natural perspective, that   and   not! (V.1.200–1).

Ask yourself: What similar riddling around the same verb occurs when Feste is in role as Sir Topas?